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Gomniodore merged* 



MAGAZINE 



See p. 6 




November 1989 
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Contents of Issue #58* 



• The Red Obelisk— A colorful space min- 

ing game for the dedicated strategist. 

• Lunar Calendar— Discover the moon's 

phases. 

• Snigglefritz— An entertaining one- or 

two-player arithmetic game. 

• Murder One — Solve the mysteries 

in four intriguing whodunits. 

• Oscar Party— Outguess the Academy 

on their big night. 

• Sprite On!— Link sprites together 

and animate them, too! 

• Print Shop"^ Borders— Twenty-eight 

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BUT THIS OTFE 



When is an upgrade not an 
upgrade? When you're upgrad 
ingtoGEOS2.o;' 

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of that upgrade stuff 
before. But ^_ C 

GEOS2.0 ^ rs^ 

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package. 

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Which means that for a very 
few dollars, you can get a 
whole lot more out of the sys- 
tem that revolutionized the 
Commodore® world. 

Sound good? Well, this 
ought to make it sound like 
music to your eyes: 

Order your 2. upgrade with 
this coupon and we'll send you 
FontPackl"'— 20 terrific 



typefaces of all shapes and 
sizes — for free. Zip. Nada. 

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Something 
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With new 

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borders and instantly 
convert any Commodore 
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And that's only a partial 
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A new geoSpell"' automat- 
ically corrects any blunders it 
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A new geoMerge"' combines 
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More graphic displays 
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A new geoPaint™ still gives 
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shapes and 32 painting patterns. 
But now it can also enlarge 
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And new paint brushes let you 
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overlay effects. 

There's a new grid 
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including connected 
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now stop pattern fills in 
progress. 

The new 2. deskTop 
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files, three disks and 
drives (even the 1581) in less 
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There are more keyboard 
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can even 
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recently deleted file from 
the waste basket! 

The price of power. 

For any non-GEOS owner, 
these two packages might 
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FOUR COMPUTER HACKERS ARE ABOUT TO 

RAID YOUR DISK DRIVE. 




No computer witl go unscathed, as 
Ultra's version of Teenage Mutant Ninja 
Turtles' storms into your disk drive to duke 
it out with Shredder- a maniac more 
menacing than an army of mind-altered 
Bruce Lees. 

But if they're to survive, you must 
command tfie role of each turtle, rumbling 
through a maze of Mouser" infested 
sewers, criminally polluted rivers and alleys 
patrolled by the fanatical Foot Clan!" 

Along the way, search for bonus 
weapons like the Triple Shuriken. You'll 
have to also think fast, switching turtle 
identities in order to match their karate 
skills with those of the enemy 

So grab your joystick and nunchukus, 
then control every leap, chop, slice and 
dice, until you splatter Shredder senseless 
or get yourself hacked into turtle soup. 

Now featuring the ULTTW "GAME 
SAVE " command. 





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CONTENT 



VOLUME 6, NUMBER 11 



NOVEMBER 1989 




PAGE 34 




I'AGK liH 



COVtR I'ilCmOGR/VJ'HED 
BY L'^RKY DUNN 



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FEATURES 

34 Making an Impression with Printers hy Tim Wuhh 

Looking for outstanding ouiput m rca5on;il)l(; cost? Ilt-rtr's sointr adwce for potential 
printer punliasers, 

39 The Nuts and Bolts of GEOS to RUN Paint hy Tim Wabk 

How to iraiisf'L-r gfoP.iim screens to RUN l^iijil with yimr C-M nr 12S. 

42 FftiENOLY File Copier* by Ed fimy 

Fast and ineini-tlriveii Ibr ease ol use, it works wilh any two Commodore-eomjiatible 
drives and your C-G4. 

50 Caribe Bein' by John Ryan 

Create your own online character and mingle with others in Quantum Link's new 
tropical hot spot. 

51 N o N-H abitat For M I NG fty yo/(H Siynn 
tlow Club C'ai'ibe tame into Iwing. 

58 B U I L □ A B E T T E R B A S I C * ?i V .Sr- H« Wm^aihfr 

Add a host olstructuied comnuinds to your C-64's built-in Basir. 

64 Wall Street 1 2B* hy Mkhtiel lliilhn! 

Make and break fortunes with roller coaster price iluLtuaiions in this C-128 stock 
market g;»ne. 

69 Deep C-B4 World'" hy Ken Haihner 

Turn your tMH into an underwater wonder to cielighl ymir eyes in this colorful 
electronic a<|itiirtum. 



DEPARTMENTS 

6 RUNNING Ruminations 

HUJ\' acquires Comtrntdore Magazine. 
B Magic 

The nnmber-oiie colunin o! hints and tifis Tor perlbrining Commodore computing 
wizardry, 

12 News AND New Products 

Recent developments and releases in the world of Cointnodore computing. 
16 MailRUN 

Readers tell alKuit their unusual ajipUcalions, and RU.\' solves ihe Case of the |nmpin(r 
I'ointer. 

24 Software Gallery Kevieii'i of: 

• Hollywood Si)uates • RoboCop • JJaal 

• Chomp! • Destroyer Escort • Sky Shark 

• TTiunder HIade 

73 Games Gallery hy Lonnie Brown 

'lake a hijrh-speed chase to car-and -motorcycle racing fun and extitetneiu! 
7B Commodore Clinic by Lou Waltaee 

AiL^wers to your questions about Commodore ciimputing. 
BD OEO Watch by SlfVi- Vmulfr Ark 

llenefit from this CEOS user's experience aivd design your own fantastic fonts. 
B7 RUN'S Checksum Program 

Run it right the first lime. 
88 Coming ATTRACTIONS; List df Advertisers 

• Mi)M (^Humticlote ii^rs li:m- mi time Ui i>|k- in IImimhi, during the hdidny sciium. So give imirsclfthe 
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NOVEMBER 1989 • R U N 5 



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EniioR is-Chief 
Dennis Brisson 

NUnaginc; KlJUott 
Swain Prht 

Sf.nior Korm« 
Betii S. Jala 

Ass<k;iaie Editok 
Uahold R. Bjornsen 

Tf.(.HN'it:.\L ^^A^.\t;tK 
Lou Wallace 

Coi'Y Eumm 
Peg IxPace 

COMWHL'JIV. EllllUlU! 

John Rvan; Timothy Walsh 

Aki l)i rector 
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duskistrs 
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LALTHA JOHNSON 

PROm CIION SlPlHVlSOR 

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ADVERTISING Coordinator 
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Markftint. Manager 
Wendie Haines Marro 

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EXECtniVE ASStSlANTTO PUBLISHER 

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con I cm. RUN iJoes not assume any liability lor 
advei'iisers' claims. 

Comviodarf Magaijni isaregistcTt^d trademark 
of Commodore Business Machines, Inc. 



RUNNING 

Ruminations 



Dear Commodore Magaiine Reader, 

I am pleased lo take this opportunity this month to welcome you 
to the pages oi RUN. 

RUN has rctrenily acitjiiired Commiidore Alagazitif, which ceased 
publicalioji with its Otiohei issue. This lepiescnts a win-win situa- 
tion, as they say. CJommodtJie can dt'votc its eiR'if,nes to wluit it 
(U)es best— mannfacture timipuitTs. HUW iii titllilling the subscrip- 
tion obligations of (Amimodf )iy Mtigazhir, gains a significant number 
of new readers and active tomputei users. 

Without relinquishing its own identity, RUN will con- A tTddltlOn 

tinue to keep alive the spirit of Commodore Magazine, 

which can trace its origins back to the early days of C€(IS6S) d 

Commodore computing. Beginning with next month's . 

issue, RUN will incorporate two of Commodore Magu- iTQuZtlOfl 

lines most popular columns— Gold .Mine, an exciting 

compilation of gaming bints and tips, and 12H Mode, COTlttnUCS, 

which is one of the few regular columns in the industry 
devoted specifically to 128 owners, /\ 

The astute reader will notice RUN's slightly different 
ajiproacb to the Conimodtire market. RUN is a no-non- 
sense, inforniaiiimal publication that emphasizes how users can get 
tbc- most out of ibeir computers. RUN has, over the years, gained 
renown as an active and involved sti]j])ortei of the user community. 
We will continue meeting the needs of the marketplace through 
our participauon at computer shows and on-line, the publication of 
blockbuster articles and programs and the production of special 
disk projects, the most recent of which are a games software disk 
for C-riB users and a disk of applications antl utilities for CEOS 
owners. 

You will also note that RUN's editorial coverage is ntH diluted 
with .'\miga material; it remains a magazine dedicated to eight-bit 
owners. 

RUN\ acquisititm oi Commodore Magazine bolsters our efforts to 
cover this market and significantly enhances RUN's leadership 
position. 

Whether you're a long-time Commodore owner or a newcomer 
to coin]uning, you'll fincl niuch valuable infornmiion in this and the 
coming months in the pages o[ RUN. 

We are delighted to offer you, ami thousands of new readers, the 
opportunity to judge for yourself You can join the tens of thou- 
sands of regular readers who have made RUN an essential ingredi- 
ent of iheir coTHjuiting ex])erience. Welctmie! 

Regards, 



^''^^^'^v^i.oi.^ ^M-c-C-*^:?*— ^ 



Dennis Brisson 
Editor-in-Chief 



RUN- NOVEMBER 1080 



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Billy and fimniy Lee return in the 
k latest and greatest version of the 
'"'■'■ coin-op smash hitf 






ng more weanfins^i 
nnore powerffflnl^H 
oves, with more 
new missions such as 
the Underwater 
*'- '^Garden 
h, and 
Trap Room! 
It, coming 
.iputer! 




Magic 



Performing screen magic and giving you quick access to ASCII equivalents 
are some of the things this month's tricks provide. 
Compiled by TIM WALSH 



S55B C-64 Screen Animation 

Liven up any C-64 screen display with Animation Lines 
64. Unlike other line-scrolling utilities, Animation Lines is 
intcrnipt-driven and iinafiected by most other computer 
operations. 'lb activate it alter running, just enter SYS 4096, 
To deactivate it, use SYS 4160, For more dramatic eflects, 
enter I'OKE 56325,100. 

REM ANIMATION LINES 64 - JUSTIN REYNOLDS 

:REM*217 
10 FORA=4096TO4173:READX:POKEA,X:CK=CK+X:N 

EXTA :REM*42 

20 IFCK<>8103THENPRINT"DATA ERROR. ..": END 

: REM* 2 7 
30 PRINT" {SHFT CLR}ENABLE - SYS4096 / DISA 

BLE - SYS4160" :REM*197 

40 DATA 76,14,16,162,0,169,234,157,0,74,23 

2,208,248,96,160,6 4,140,9,16,32 :REM*28 
50 DATA 3,16,200,192,75,203,245,169,96,141 

,0,75,1 20, 169, 16, 141, 21, 3, 169 :REM*1 40 
60 DATA 45,141,20,3,88,96,162,0,142,32,208 

,1 42, 33, 208, 32, 0,64, 232, 224, 2 :REM*233 
70 DATA 208,242,76,49,234,120,169,234,141, 

21,3,169,4 9,141,20,3,88,96,0 :REM*S7 

—Justin R. Reynolds, Howell, NJ 
S55C 128 Pop-On Screens 

Magic Trick S.'j^A, C;-64 i'op-On Screens (May 1989), dem- 
onstrates how [() make C-64 screens iliat immediately pop 
into view, I'op-on screens are reiuarkahly easy in the C- I28's 
40-Column mode, since sivitthiug to Fast mode insiania- 
neously blanks the screen, and Slow mode instandy re-dis- 
plays the screen. 

Making [)op-on .screens in the C-128's 80-Column mode 
requires a little more programming knowledge, though. 
Fortunately, the HO-coiumn VDC has a streen-blanking 
routine that's activated hy entering SYS r)2G84,0,:i5. The 
screen display will instantly re-appear hy entering SYS 
52684,100,35. I wrote 0128 80-C()lumn I'op-On Screens to 
demonstrate these commands at work in a simple but cfTective 
program, 

REM 128 80-COLUMN POP-ON SCREEN - AARON 
PEROHSIK :REM*35 

1 GOTO40 :REM*1 38 
20 SYS 52684, 0,35:RETURN:REM SCREEN OFF 

:REM*1 52 
30 SYS 52684, 100, 35:RETURN:REM SCREEN ON 

:REM*193 
40 REM START PROGRAM HERE : REM* 7 4 



50 FAST: GRAPHIC 5,1: COLOR 5,7 :REM*152 

60 FOR X= TO 1:IF X=0 THEN GOSUB 20 

: REM* 31 

70 FOR Y= 1 TO 117: PRINT "A POP-ON SCREEN 
! ";:NEXT :REM*71 

80 IF X=0 THEN WINDOW 32 , 9 , 48 , 1 1 , 1 : COLOR 5 
,4:PRINT"(CRSR DN}{2 SPACES) (CTRL 9 } PRE 
SS ANY KEY": GOSUB 30 :GETKEYA$: PRINT" ( 2 
HOMEs}":SCNCLR: COLOR 5,7 :REM*118 

90 NEXT :REM*220 

—AARON PKROMSIK, WORCESTER, MA 

$55D Magic Backdrop 64 

Magic Backdrop, a C-fi4 screen anintator, makes the entire 
screen, or any part of it, scroll in four directions. The char- 
acter used for the effect is reverse @ (POKE 128). Here are 
the numbers needed to use the program: 

POKE 2,0 to move left 
POKE 2,1 to move right 
POKE 2,2 to [nove up 
POKE 2,'S to move down 
POKE 2,4 to stop scroll 

Speed is controlled by memory address 820, with the 
fastest speed. 

SYS 52224 sets up a new character set. 

SYS 52227 starts the smootli scroll determined by address 2 

{direction} and 820 (speed). 
SYS 52230 disables ihc utility. 

Run the demo below for examples of the above, 

REM MAGIC BACKDROP 64 - PETER M.L. LOTTR 

UP :REM*114 

10 FORT=52224 TO 5251 0:READD: POKET,D: CK=CK 

+D:NEXT :REM*150 

20 IF CK <> 34777 THEN PRINT"ERROR IN DATA 

...":END : REM* 93 

30 DATA 76,9,204,76,108,204,76,255,204,169 

,8, 32, 210, 255, 169, 200, 141, 136, 2 :REM*53 
40 DATA 169,147,32,210,255,160,0,173,24,20 

8, 201, 23, 208, 2,1 60,1 , 1 85, 27, 205:REM*1 57 
50 DATA 72,169,0,141,0,221,169,32,141,24,2 

08, 120, 165, 1,41, 250,1 33,1, 104 :REM*238 
60 DATA 133,252,169,0,168,133,253,133,251, 

169,1 92,133,254,162,8,177,2 51 :REM*250 
70 DATA 145,253,200,208,249,230,252,230,25 

4, 202, 208, 242, 165, 1,9, 7, 133,1 :REM*37 

80 DATA 88,160,0,185,29,205,153,0,196,200, 

192,8,144,245,96,96,1 20,1 69,121 :REM*1 3 9 
90 DATA 141,20,3,169,204,141,21,3,88,96,231 



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8,53,3,17 3,53,3,205,52,3,176,3 :REM*255 
100 DATA 76,49,234,169,0,141,53,3,173,17,2 

08,16,251 ,160,0,165,2,208,20,185 

:REM*21 
110 DATA 0,196,24,10,144,2,9,1,153,0,196,2 

00, 192, 8,1 44, 239, 76, 49, 234, 201, 1 

:REM*1 58 
120 DATA 208,20,185,0,196,24,74,144,2,9,12 

8, 153,0, 196,200, 192,8, 144,239,76 

:REM*27 
130 DATA 49,234,201,2,208,25,185,0,196,72, 

200,185,0,1 96, 136, 153, 0,1 96, 200 

:REM*162 
140 DATA 200,192,8,144,243,104,141,7,196,7 

6,4 9,234,201,4,2 40,24,173,7,196 

: REM* 11 1 
150 DATA 72,160,6,185,0,196,200,153,0,196, 

136,136,16,245,104,141,0,196,76:REM*74 
160 DATA 49,234,76,49,234,169,27,141,0,221 

,169, 21, 141, 24, 208, 169, 4, 141, 136 

:REM*1 1 4 
170 DATA 2,120,169,234,141,21,3,169,49,141 

,20,3,88,96,208,216,255,129 :REM*14 
180 POKE53280,0:POKE53281 ,6:SYS52224 

:REM*107 
190 PRINT" {SHFT CLR){CTRL 1 } " ; : POKE820 , 2 : P 

OKE2,4 :REM*19 

200 GOSUB460 :REM*28 

210 PRINT" {HOME} {CTRL 0}";:POKE2,2 :RSM*56 
220 DIM V${24) :V$(0)="{HOME}":FORI=1TO24:V 

$(I)=V$(I-1 )+"{CRSR DN)":PJEXT :REM*192 
2 30 D$="":F0R1=1T016:D$=D$+"(CRSR RT)":NEX 

T :REM*241 

2 40 E$=LEPT$ ( DS , 1 5 ) ; F$=LEFT$ ( D$ , 1 ) 

:REM*1 92 
250 B$="{SHFT -1{17 SPACES )( SHFT -}":GOSUB 

430 :REM*219 

260 PRINTV$(12)TAa(13)"{CTRL 9] MAGIC BACKD 

ROP" :REM*252 

270 SYS52227:GOSUB490 :REM*197 

280 GOSUB430:PRINTV$(1 2)TAB(18)"{CTRL 9)UP 

! ":GOSUB490:GOSUB430: P0KE2, 3 :REM*234 
290 PR1NTV$(12)TAB(17)"{CTRL 9 } DOWN ! " : GOSU 

B490:GOSUB430:POKE2,0 :REM*82 

300 PRINTV$(1 2)TAB( 1 7)" (CTRL 9 } LEFT ! " : GOSU 

B4 90:GOSUB4 30:POKE2,1 :REM*190 

310 PRINTV$(12)TAB(17)"{CTRL 9 }RIGHT; " ;GOS 

UB490:POKE2,0 :REM*12 

320 POKE2,2:B=2 :REM*175 

330 FORI=1TG5:READA:POKE820,A:B=B+1 : IFE>3T 

HENB=0 :REM*210 

340 DATA! 5,7,3,2,0 ;REM*255 

350 POKE2,B:GOSUB490:NEXT :REM*6 

360 P0KE2 , 4 : FORI = 49 520TOI + 7 : POKEI + 656, PEEK 

(I):NEXT:POKE2,2 :REM*148 

370 PRINTV$(11 )E$"{CTRL 9)(R)ESTART" 

:REM*1 71 
380 PRINTV$(12}E$"tCTRL 91(9 SPACES }" 

:REM*1 2 4 
390 PRINTV$(13)ES"{CTRL 9}(E}ND{2 SPACEs}" 

:REM*217 



400 GETA$:IFA$="R"THENRUN :REM*161 

410 IFA$<>"E"THEN400 :REM*83 

420 SYS52230: PRINT" (SHFT CLR)":END :REM*59 
430 PRINTV$(9)F$"{C0MD 8) {CTRL 9)(C0MD A) ( 

17 SHFT *s]{COMD S)" :REM*153 

4 40 FORI=10TO1 4:PRINTV$(I)F$"{CTRL 91"B$:N 

EXT :REM*15 

450 PRINTV$(1 5)F$"(CTRL 9}{C0MD Z){17 SHFT 

*S}(C0MD X}": RETURN :REH*2 4 5 

460 A$="{CTRL 9 } " :F0Ri=1 TO40: A$=A$+"@" : NEX 

T :REM*150 

470 FORI=1T024:PRINTA$; :NEXT: PR1NTLEFT$ (A$ 

,40) ; :POKE52 199,1 28 :POKE56295,0 

:REM*221 

480 return :rem*108 

490 f0rdy=1 to 15 00: next; return :rem*75 

—Peter Lottrup, Buknos Aires, Argkntina 
$55E THE Key to ASCII 

KvL-n the most efficient, long-time C-(i4 programmers can't 
comiTiit to memory all of the ASCII equivalents of characters 
anti control codes. The Key to ASCII eliminates the need 
for progrinnmers to clietk C-(>4 reference cliarts and manuals 
by dispJayiiig the decimal ASCII code of the character most 
recently printed to tlie screen. Conseciuentiy, programming 
piiniers and writing advanced Basic programs are made 
much easier. 

The program responds instantaneoitsly whenever a key is 
pressed or a Basic program is run or listed. A colon preceding 
the ASC'II number in the upper-right corner of the screen 
acts as a delimiter, allowing ytnt to use totnmands such as 
Run, List and Save on the top-mo,st .screen line without 
affecting their functions. The Key to ASCII is enabled with 
a SYS t)'M)0(] and disabled by pressing the run-stop/ restore 
key combination. 



REM C-6 4 KEY TO ASCI 



10 FOR M=53000 

E M, A: NEXT 
20 IF CS c> 90 

. . ":END 
30 SYS 53000 
40 DATA 120,16 

,3,88,96,1 6 
50 DATA 38,4,1 

215,133,251 
60 DATA 133,25 

251 ,56,233, 
70 DATA 169,49 

233,10,232, 
80 DATA 4,24,1 



TO 5308 
3 4 THEN 



9,21 ,141 
9,48,141 
41,39,4, 
,56,233, 
1 ,1 69,50 
100,144, 
,141,37, 
176,251 , 
05,58,1 4 



I - EDGAR LOSBERG 

:REM*163 

3: READ A:CS=CS+A:POK 

: REM* 96 

PRINT" ERROR IN DATA. 

:REM*201 

:REM*139 

,20,3,1 69,207,141 ,21 

,37,4,1 41 :REM*247 

169,58,141 ,36,4,165, 

200,1 44,9 :REM*71 

,141,37,4,16,14,165, 

7,133,251 :REM*150 

4,162,48,165,251,56, 

202,142,38 :REM*145 

1 ,39,4,76,49,234 

:REM*28 



—Edgar Losueiu;, huntsville, AL 
S55F Truly Useful C-128 Tricks 

Tour valuable C-128 "tricks" that I use almost daily are 
largely unknown to a number of C-l'iH users, so I'll use 
this opportunity to pass them along to my following of Ma- 
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First, the C-128 Basic 7,0's Copy command can easily be 
enhanctt) to make inuliiple copies of a prtjfrrani, st'(]uentia! 
or any oiht-r file by placiiijr it iiiio a Tor-Next loo[). I he 
syntax for making, say, three copies is as follows: 

FOR X=l 'R) :i: COPY "FILE" IX) "FILE" + STR$(X}: NKXT 

Second, the Fl function key can be defined into a sin- 
gle keypress file deletion key by using the following Key 
definition: 

KEY 1, SC{Shirtcd R} + "{3 [abs}" + ":" + CHK$(Lt) + "Y" 

Just list the directory, place the cursor at the left-most 
column on the same line as the file to he deleted and press 
Fl, Naturally, any function key can he used in place of Fl. 

My third C-128 trick is a habit I've adopted after heeding 
the advice of a number of seasoned C-128 veterans. When- 
ever 1 use Basic 7.0 disk commands, I always include the 
ONU{device#} command to minimixe the potential of con- 
fusing the two or more disk drives coiuiecied (o my comptiier. 
The significance of doing so is readily ap])arein to [jiogram- 
mers who are aware of disk-sensitive 1 541/1. ')71/ir)81 -com- 
pauble routines. 

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"filfnatne" ONUS (ONU9 if loading from device 9); BOOT 
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ONU8; and so on. Besides making disk commands eas- 
ier For both the user and computer to decipher, it further 
makes programming easier by eliminating tlie need for the 
inherently weak use of a comma when loading from a second- 
ary disk drive using a directory displayed on the screen; 
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"RUN SHELL"ONU9:. 

The final trick that I constandy use is the R(;R{0) command 
within C-12H programs to detect whether ihe comjmtcr is 
rimning in •!()• or 80-Column mode. A value off) indicates 
80-C>>lunm mode, while a value of is returned by 40- 
Columti mode. A sample mode detection line I incorporate 
into 40-column programs usually appears as: 

10 IF RGR(0} = 5 THEN PRINT "PLF^-VJE SVVnCH MONITOR 

■IT) 40-COLUMN MODE" 
20 I'RINT "PRESS A KEY 'lO CONTINUE. . ."•.GETKEV/\$ 

If you need 80-Column mode exclusively, just change 
RGR(0)=5 in the above statement to RGR(fl)< >5. 

—Tim Walsh. MA(:;ic; Columnist 
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ruler of the land and presumed tuitil 
now to be its most powerful wizard. His 
demi.se has plunged the land into dis- 
array and created a mystery that needs 
to be solved. \bu must journey through 
the land while fighting off the creatures 
of chaos that threaten to overrun it. You 
must also solve intricate pu^/les and 
plots while you gather the clues for .solv- 
ing the ultimate mystery of the death 
of the King. Available for $29.95 from 
Electronic .%ts, 1820 Gateway Drive, 
San Mateo, CA 94404. 

Check Reader Service number 405. 



Make Money or Make Sounds 

KLITIDWN, PA— Free Spirit Soft- 
ware (PO Bos. 128, Kutztown, PA 
19530) has released two 80-Column- 
mode programs for the C-128. Each 
letails for S29.95. 

In Wheel &: Deal, a game with graph- 
ics, sotuid and music, the object is to 
amass pro[)erty and wealth by shrewd 
dealing and taking risks. A player may 
win by accumuladng over 5100,000 or 
by forcing all other players into bank- 
ruptcy. The game may be played with 
two to iinir players. Wheel & Deal re- 
(]uires a mouse or joystick, an 80-col- 
uniii coUir monitor and a 1 57 1 disk 
drive. 

With Digitalker 128, the user can add 
digidzed speech to C-128 programs in 
80-Column mode. It's a set of machine 
language roudnes that can play digi- 
tized siHind samples from within a pro- 
gram. These sounds — over 500,000 • 



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These are the streets. And there are no mes 

when you do battle here. 

STREETFIQHTER is strictly survival of the 
fittest against 8 of the baddest dudes from 
around the world. Watch out for flying scissor 
kicks, lethal Ninja weapons, and other evil 
tricks. Block their attacks while you counter 
with jabs and roundhouse kicks. Don 't 
drop your guard cause these guys aren 't 
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5o see your favorite software retailer or 
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Digiialker supjjoits, bui dot's not re- 
quire, a 1 700 or 1 750 RAM expansion 
unit. The jnogram and ClipSounds are 
supplied on two 1571-f()nnattetl disks. 
Included are several speetli demos and 
talking MO-colnnin games. 
Check Reader Serx'ice number 404. 

Commodore Renews Its 
Commitment TO THE C-64 

WEST CHESTER, PA-President Har- 
old Coppeiman of Commodore Busi- 
ness Machines has announced that the 
coni[)any has added former C^asio ex- 
ecutive Robert Larsen lo its new tnan- 
agemant team as vice [Jiesidetii of 
consumer .sales. 

Larsen, who was a senior vice presi- 
dent at Casi(» vnth responsibility for the 
divisions of electronic nuisical instru- 
ments and professional dealer prod- 
ucts, brings to his new position over 25 
years olexperience in electronic design, 
manufactuiing, tnarketing, sales and 
business tnaiiagemeiit. During his ten- 
ure at Casio, Larsen directed the 



growth ofthe company's music busine.« 
from zero dollars to over S200 million. 
C()p])erman said, "Larsen's selection 
demonstrates Commodore's renewed 
counnilment to the U.S. consumer mar- 
ket. Larsen will actively pursue new 
sales and merchandising strategies for 
the. . .C-fi4" and other Commodore 
products. 

Uptime Goes Downtime 

SIIREVEPORT, L\-Softdisk Publish- 

ing has announced that it would begin 
fulfilling all subscriptions to UpTime's 
C-G-\ disk luagii/.ine, which has been 
plagued by dwindling numbers of sul)- 
scribers, with issues u\' Ijuuhtar, its own 
monthly .software collection for that 
com]niier. Softdisk also expects to ofler 
selected programs fiom tlie newly ac- 
quired Up'Iime C-G4 collection for sale 
in the near finure. 

KUBISM 

I'ENEIELD, NY- In KaleidoKubes, a 

dornino-iike strategy board game for 
llie C-64, you must place your "kube" 



on the playing board, matching the 
sides with pieces already on the board. 
You can play against the computer or 
another player or even against yourself, 
DifTerent board shapes are provided on 
the disk, and you can also design and 
sa\e your own b()ards. It'.s available for 
$24.95 from .Vrtworx, 1844 I"enfield 
Rd., ttnfield, NY 14526. 
Check Reader Service number 408. 



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WARS.'\W, IN -Terminal Optics {2314 
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computer eye sli ain and the hcndaclies 
and blurred vision that often fbhow a 
day's work at t!ie computer terminal, 
It.s ultraviolet coaling protects tlie eyes 
from potential ultraviolet rays. The line 
utilizes optically ground magnifying 
powers to reduce eye strain and custom 
tinting to reduce the problem created 
by screen blinding. Eyewear is available 
in three frame colors, in pre.scripiion 
and ntm-prescription lens€S at a price 
ofS49.95 to $«y.9r>. 

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Readers tell about their unusual applications and RUN 

solves the Case of the Jumping Pointer in RUN Paint. 



Commodore Tracks 
Life-Saving Units 

1 enjoyed reading about the uses 
Commodore owners have found for 
their machines ("Sculptor, Lawyer, Ed- 
itor-! n-Cliief," RUN, August 1989), As 
a voluntL'er at the local hospital, I install 
and troubleshoot iheir l.ifcliuc Sysitms, 
People who live alone and have an ail- 
ment thai could require immediate at- 
tention can press a button on a tiny 
transmitter that automatically dials the 
hospital's emergency room to dispatch 
help to their home. 

When I began work on the systems, 
I foiuid that some units were out but 
not in use, tw{> were missing, some 
needed repair, and a small transmitter 
was missing from some units. With a 
C-1 28 spreadsheet 1 was able to arrange 
all units in numerical order, determine 
the status of each unit and the parts 
needed, and to locate all units. 

— Alvan O. Whitkhead 
Winchester, ky 

THAT'S Entertainment! 

For the past 16 years, I've operated 
Germinal Stage Denver, a small, live 
theatre in Denver, Colorado. We 
benight our first C-64 in 1984 to help 
keep track of our growing mailing list. 
Since then, our use of the 64 has wid- 
ened extensively, both administratively 
and artistically. 

In '86 we upgraded to a C-1 28, with 
two disk drives and an Epson FX-80 
printer. We now use Superbase 128 for 
our mailing list (some 6500 names), for 
(he theatre's records, statistics and sub- 
scriber lists, for detailed profiles of our 
Denver acting pool, for box ofTice lists 
atid even to print tickets. We use Font- 
Master 128 for all correspondence and 
to typeset our programs and other pro- 
moticmal material. We use SwiftCalc 
128 for our spreadsheet needs, inchid- 
ing grant writing and budgeting. The 
theatre's books are kept on disk, using 
the Totl. Ledger program for the C-64. 

.'\riistically, we use Siiperb;ise 128 for 
plugging schedules for our stage lights, 



and have even formatted it to handle 
blocking (stage movement) patterns 
with rudimentary animation. In addi- 
tion, our CADl'AK-128 program was 
invaluable in rough-designing our new 
space and for stage set floorplans. 

—Ed Baierlein 
Denver. CO 



THE REAL VIETNAM. 
ONE MAN'S STORY 

'Ilie ballk^s. 

The brotherliootl. The Iriith. 




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IMouEL C-64 Use 

Enclosed is my book on Vietnam, 
Redwood Delia, which was completely 
written and edited on my C-64, using 
WordPro 3 Plu.s/64 softwaie. Recently 
I met another author who had also writ- 
ten a Vietnam memoir, and he was 
amazed that I bad used a Commodore 
computer to do the job. He thought 
one had to use an IBM or an Apple. 
That just goes to show httw many peo- 
ple have been brainwashed with that 
type of nonsense! 

My wife uses our computer for her 
book as well as fijr correspondence for 
her wildlife volunteer work. And our 
daughters use it wheti they are writing 



plays for the school drama club. 

If I ever change to an IBM clone, it 
will only be because I'll have to start 
sending my Word Perfect manuscripts 
via m<Klem — I don't believe I'll be able 
to do this with my C-64. 

—Ron Flesch 
San Diego, CA 

RUN '5 technical manager, Lou Wallace, 
says you can send your manuscripts via mo- 
dem with your C-6-f. 

—Editors 
The Commodore in India 

The Commodore 64 is just beginning 
its marketing life in India under the 
name Commander. It is identical to the 
American version except that it utilizes 
the color television system used in most 
European countries. My goal is to tnake 
computers accessible to the East Indian 
musician with low-cost hardware, bi- 
lingual operation (Hindi/English) and 
menu-driven software. I am also pres- 
ently working on a database of Indian 
music for educational purposes. 

—David Courtney 
Houston, TX 

David u one of the few Americans to excel 
in the art of the Tabla, which are small hand 
drwm used in Hindu music. He is the author 
of An Introduction to Tabla. He also 
accompanies his wife, Chandrahantha, on 
the Tabid. She is an exponent of the Gwalior 
tradition of Klieyal singing. 

—Editors 

Writing Sex and Gore 
On a c-64 

Reader Roy Showalter of Baltimore sent 
the RUN editorial staff a copy of Encore, 
the Chevron neiusletterfor Chevron/Gulf re- 
tirees. It describes bow one Gulf retiree. 
Donna Williairts, started writing a novel the 
day after .f he retired. She now uses her 13- 
year-old daughter's C-64 and a copy of the 
I'ajierClip word processor to write sex-and- 
gore crime thnllers. Her first hook, Or- 
chestration in Death, was scheduled to hit 



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ihf IValdenhooks and Crown bookstores iasl 
April, find she's already workirif^ on her 
jourtli timiH, Thank'i fmttie slon, Ro\, mid 
cmigniliihitions, Donnii. And Ihanks tu all 
of you who have contrihitted llmi uniismd 
fifplications to this column. 

Readers: If you or .umseone you know uses 
a C-64 or 128 contputer in an unusual way, 
let tts know about it. Inelude tlw user's name, 
occupation. Commodore system and as much 
detadnhnut the iippiicatum as passible. We'll 
feature them m a future Mail RUN. 

—Editors 
The Mouse That Jumped 

For the mosi pan, I must concur with 
the good leviews ol' I he RUN Paint 
[);iint-;uul-dt;nv pru^ram in ilie Julv 
1«J89 Mail Rl'N. Huwl-vlt, my 1^51 
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The point cr jumps all over the screen 
of its own accord. 

— P. CEi'KRLEY 

AN NAN DAI. F.. VA 

A number of readers who have entered the 
RUN Pmnl program experienced the same 



problem, which happens with the Japanese- 
made version of the 1351 mouse. Readers 
with this version of the mouse wdl be happy 
to Ifarn that Robert Rockefeller, author of 
RUN Paint, has fixed the problem with the 
following program. 

Type in the Motise Fix listing and .'iave a 
ropy to your RUN Paint disk; then run the 
program. (Note; You won V he able lo ii.se a 
joystick with the modified RUN Paint pro- 
gram, .sf) keep an unmodified copy on a 
separate di.<.h.) It wdl miike the necessary 
changes to RUN Paint and then save the 
modified copy for you. 

With this modified version of RUN Paint, 
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: REM* 4 8 
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OYSTICK NO LONGER WORKS." 

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100 PRINT" (CRSR DNlUSE THE RICH 

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INT"SELECTIONS." :REM*38 

105 END :REM*233 

110 POKE 43,1: POKE 44, S: NEW 

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—Editors ■ 
A Call TO Readers 

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F'H TOMCAT features 80 randomly assigned missions in five theaters. Ist-person 
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Think you're a "Top Gun"? Then prove it, hot-shot, in F-]4 TOMCAT. 



"F-I4 TOMCAT is one ofihe 
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Miss MicroProse pulls skyward with one of the three winners of the "I 
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from New York, Pennsylvania and California. 



Bill Steaky is enthu.siuslic, 
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about iwo things: i > flying unii 2) ttic 
computer gumcs devchipcd by 
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started in liis basetnent in 1982. 

In kite August, three MicroProse 
fans felt Stealey's exiiber;ince up close 
— and upside down at 5(>()() reel. They 
were the winners in the "I Cheated 
Death with Miijor Bill" Contest. 

l-or writing the best short essiiys on 
why they like MicroProse products, 
Stealcy brought them to MicroProse 
headtjuarters in Hunt Valley, 
Maryland lor death-defying, acrobatic 
jaunis in Miss MicroPro.se, ihe 




Miss MicroProse is a 1425-horse- 
power T-28 Trojan. 



company 's 1 425-horscpowcr T-28 
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Ditvid Thompsun, a 47-ycar-old 
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Tlic Micn)Pii>sc sinndation of 
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Rising (based on the Tom Clancy 
novel), was the overwhelming favorite 
of Rich CostelU), 38. a captain in the 
Philadelphia Police Department. 

Joe Bianco, 2K, an electrical 
engineering stutleiit from Staten 
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that ¥-19 Stealth Fighter, the Micro- 
Prose game based on America's top- 
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fiis dream of becoming a fighter pilot 
— even though years earlier his near- 
sightedness had kepi him from 
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David, Rich and Joe to Martin State 
Airport near Baltimore. Standing on 
the wings of Miss MicroProse, 




Bill Stealey helps Rich Costello 

prepare for take-off. 

assisted by his son Bill. Jr.. Stealey 
showed the contest winners which 
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buttons to push — and which to leave 
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nearby Chesapeake Bay over which 
they would soon be Hying, "I'll call 
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three winners winged their way 
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wanted to lake. Above She shimmering 
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David Thompson touches down os 
Joe Bianco climbs aboard. 

and rolled and dashed across the sky. 
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great to see someone like Bill with all 
!bat enthusiasm and energy. He makes 
everything interesting and fun." 

Everything. Especially flying and 
compiner games. — Jack Hammer, 
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Hollywood Squares A- 

"l Agree" "! Disagree" 

"Can Vou Repeal the Qiiesiionf" 

Another suMimt-r gone by and you 
still haven't made it to frame-show 
heaven? Well, lhaiil<s to CiameTek, you 
can appear oil I lollywouc! Squares, rake 
in oodles of money and ama/e your 
friends by placing among the lop ten 
big Vtiiiiiers. 

As in the leh'visiou show, Hollywood 
Squares' eoiujjutej' eoiUcsiants aim lo 
win by making lie-tat-toe matthes. To 
l)e able to place an "X" or an "O" on a 
square, you must decide whether a ce- 
lebrity guest's answer to some question 
is correct or not. If you're light, your 
symbol goes oti the board; a wrong de- 
cision places your opponent's symbol. 
The first j)laycr to get three in a row 
wins a match. 

The player ^sith the highest total at 
the end of three lonlests wins the game 
and gets a shot ai I he car. Naturally, 
winning the automobile makes all the 
difference when it conies to top place- 
til utit among the big vviiuiers. 

'I'he iiint' < clehritics are shown seated 
in the game grid ("Squares") on the 
lower right quarter of your screen. You, 
your opponent and the show's host ap- 
pear to the left. Most of the upper screen 
is used to display the tjuesiion, correct 
answer and motiey loials. 

Beeps, honks, music and partially an- 
imated figures set just the right semi- 
ften/ied game-show atmosphere, 'I'o 
hold your interest. Squares offers 
hundreds of questions that run the ga- 
mut from pop trivia to .serious history, 
psychology and science. Also, as in the 
TV version, celebrities ahvays respond 
W'ith a humorous answer lirst. 

Squares takes a while lo kiad, and 
yon must ilip the disk lor the car se- 
tjueiice; otherwise, this is a game that 
does just about everylhing right. Re- 
Start is fast, you can take on another 
human or computer player (who docs, 
sometimes, miss a question), and high 
scores are saved to disk. The program 




Turn CO your nn-scretrn celebs tor ,'insw(!rs in 
HollywoDtl Squares- 
flags each question to avoid repeats; 1 
found dial even in a subsequent reboot, 
only iihout 15 percent of the (]uestioiis 
were oldies, 

M;iylie you won't toss on I your trusty 
'I'nviul Pinsnil cards, but they're sure lo 
gel a much needed rest. I'or iiilornia- 
tion, value and jusi plain fun, it's three 



Report Card 



A Superb I 

,'\ii exceptional program that 
outshines all others, 

B Good. 

One of the better prognmis 
;tv:iilat)le in its category. A worthy 
^iiltlilion to your software library. 

C Average. 

l.ivfs uji to its billing. No major 
lias-sies or disappointments here. 

D Poor. 

riii^ program has some problems, 
nicie are better on the market. 

E Failure, 

Many problems; should be 
ciut!j)-sixed! 



in a row r<n' Hollywood .Squares. (Cavw- 
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Heach. FL 33180. €-64/514.95.) 

— JKFF HLRLBURI 
HCHSTON. TX 

Chomp! A— 

Find I'ishboxvl Frenzy 
With Your On-Screen Jaws 

When playing Paragon Software's 
M;ister .S'inja, I assumed the role of a 
deadly inarti;il arts warrior, ami I be- 
came a (hiring commando during ses- 
sions of Konami's Rush 'N Aitack. But, 
oddly enough, I had far more fun when 
Costni's Chomp! transformed me into 
a goldfish. 

Loading this game finds you in a [)ei 
shop's lishbowl. Your ultimate goal isiin 
open window, which you reach by swim- 
ming through a series of tanks. Al tile 
journey's end, you leap to the freedom 
of a river that flows next to the stt>re, 

\\iu begin your joystick-controlled 
quest by feasting on harndess brine 
shrini]), which l)uiids up your sirengtli 
and body nuiss.Then it's on to lixxl that 
fights back— other fish and matitie crea- 
tures that swallow vou unless ytni devour 
them first. Successhil battles not only 
bring you closer to the window but also 
increase your point total for chat game. 

At the same time, you must avoid the 
pet shop's cat ;md monkey, who would 
love to have you f()r a snack. Kor added 
danger, there arc occasional sh;irk at- 
tacks. However, by ealing a magic water- 
bug, you temporarily switch sizes vvith 
the shark, »\'ho then becomes your prey. 

Chomp! includes many amusing fea- 
tures. If. lor example, you jump poorly 
and miss landing in one of the bowls, 
the scene immediately shifts to the timc- 
htmored exit mule \(tv many ;iqitarium 
pets— a flusliiiig toilet! 

While die [Jiogram is cute, it's also 
challenging, lite battles witli your op- 
ponents demand polished arcade skills, 
and sound tactical decisitms are needed 
to survive the other hazards in the shop. 

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mcndous graphics and great sound 
tflects. lilt' program's animation pro- 
vidfs a convituinjj illusion of undt-i- 
waicr tiioiioii. 

The .software does (ontaiii one ob- 
vious problem— a wiiii of" approxi- 
mately three ant! a half minutes ivhilc 
the game loads. Accoiding to the in- 
structions, t!iis dead time is necessary 
because of the progiam's vastly ex- 
tended itieiuiiry. (losmi acknowledges 
this diliiciiliy, slating that "Your jw- 
tietue will Ix rewarded" Correctl 

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ware might come from those players 
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ures in all their games. The jihicky iiide 
goldfish jusi won't measure up to thai 
requiienicni. Others wbn can appreci- 
ate a good game iti any ly|)e of selling 
will lint! mm b to like in Chomp!. ((litMm, 
431 jV, figiimm, Wilminglmi, CA 907-l-t. 
C-64/$2-(.9S.) 

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Oak Tark, IL 

Thunder Blade B -f 

Climh into This 
Attack Chopper and 
Exterminate the Enemy 

Thunder Blade is an arcade-style 
shoot-'em-ufj that lets you pilot a beav- 
ily armored attai k helicopter, i lovvever, 
mdike many coin-op trairslations. 
Thunder Blatle isn't a game that you 
tan simply load and play. 

There are several stages to Tbunder 
Blaiie, Kach stage consists of" three 
parts; You can view the acti(m from 
above yom- chopper as you maneuver 
through a heavily Ibrtilied canyon; get 
a firsi-person perspective from lu'liind 
while Jel liglners fly around you; and 
return lo an overhead view as you make 
your way over ;i large, well-armed ship. 
At the end ofe;i( h stage, you're awat (led 
points de|)ending on the nmuber of 
enemies you've eliminated. 

AlthiHigb the game comes with only 
a small, leaflet-style itrstruciion sheet, 
you must read it iborouglily to under- 
stand how to handle your helicopter. 
One prolilem is that each part of the 
game uses a different method ofjoystick 
tontrcjl, for insl;mi e, ibe liirward/liack- 
ward movement used in ibe first part 
aflects speed and altitude, hut in the 
third part, even though the perspective 
is the same, you no longer control tliosc 
■ two factors, but rather your helicopter's 
position on the screen. 

While Thunder Blade's unorthodox 




ThG view from above yaur attacit holicaptar 
In Thunder Blade. 

control system can be very frustrating 
at first, the game can be mastered with 
stnne practice. Is it worth the eiioit? 1 
think so. Thunder Blade has a great 
arcade feel to it, and although thetjual- 
iiy of the graphics varies in the dilierem 
sections, they are quite good overall, I 
particularly like the last .section of each 
stage, vvberc you can single-handedly 
battle a huge, heavily armed ship or 
tank. .Simply trying lo reach these pay- 
offs will keep you battling ibrongh the 
early stages and coming back for more. 
(Sega; distributed h Miruiscape, 3444 Dun- 
dee lid., Northbrook, IL 60062. £-64/ 
$34.95.) 

—Boh Glt:rr.\ 

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RobdCop B - 

Part Man, Part Machine, 
All Business 

It's not pretty in Old Detroit. Whole 
blocks are swarming with gun-toting 
thugs; anyone can become ;) hostage. 
Things are rough entntgh for the av- 
erage citizen, rougher if you're a cop, 
and really rough for the guy who's ac- 
tually supposed to do something: 
RoboCop, 

Nominally ba.sed upon the movie, 
RohoCop's scenarios take you froin the 
streets, hostage situations and deadly 
duels with cop-killers and rogue robots 
to the final confrontation with OCP 
Corp's Dick J(mes. You have jusl a few 
minutes lo complete each mission. If 
time expires or power reaches zero, 
you're finished! 

In live scenarios, you move your 
RoboCop ligure left to right (and some- 
limes up and doivn) against colorful, 
thug-drenched tnulti-screen back- 
drops. With responsive six-position- 
phi s-firebuLto n controls, you direct 
movement, aim and (with practice!) pull 



offrombinations like duck-and-ftre. To 
balance the odds, you can pick up pre- 
cious power-boosting food packets, 
clips of handy three-way bullets and 
boxes of gang-Utrsting armor piercers. 
Backgrounds are not scrolled, but 
screen changes are so fast you'll hardly 
notice. Overall, the effect is very similar 
tr) ;ni f'BI training village, except that 
everybody is a bad guy, and you are 
f.iir g;ntie! 

'i'wo hostage .sequences, including a 
bo;u(lrootn shootout, cliallengc pure 
aim-and-blast skills. .4m mo is limited 
and, naturally, blowing away a hostage 
is considered bad form. You get a 
breather in (me scenario where you con- 
struct ;) com))osile picture of a key gang 
member, 

RoboCop does a lot of things right; 
;i<:tioii figures are large enough for 
good detail, arid you can look forward 
to realistic animation. Add an option 
for sdrring music, and the result is a 
game that looks and sounds great. 

Failure to maintain high scores on 
disk is only a minor annoyance, since 
in ibis game, winning each scenario is 
what counts. The big problem is high 
difiiculty combined with no Save Game 
option atid no provision to let a player 
skip levels. Expect many, many replays 
of the first scenario before you even see 
the second. If you're good — very 
good— with i) stick, you can also expect 
many hours of thug-blasting fun. (Data 
£«.v/, 470 Xeedks Drive, San Jose, CA 
95112. C-64/S34.95.) 

—Jeff Hurlburt 
Houston, TX 



Destroyer Escort 

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Yotir job is to command a destroyer 
on one of six e.stort missions in the 
North Atlantic and to protect your con- 
voy against attacks frtmi enetny planes, 
surface vessels and submarines. 

For irse against enemy resistance (the 
level of which yon can choose), there 
ate fijur diflerent weapons systems 
av;iil;ible: an anti-aircraft gun, depth 
ch;irges, torpedoes atid a five-inch gun. 
Kach of these batde stations, along with 
four others— damage, map, ship's sta- 
tus and navigation— is represented by 
a separate screen that you can reach 
from any other station or from the 
bridge. 

Be aware, however, that you must 
access the disk each time you change 
bat lie stations. Even when it isn't being 
read, the disk continues to spin in the 
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Your orders are la chaperone the fleeL In 
Destrov^r Eecort. 

Initially, I found this to be disconcert- 
ing, bul I didn't notice it imich after I'd 
been out ;it sea for a while. 

One of the game's strong points is that 
you can adjust the ship's speed ;m(l head- 
ing from the four major battle screens. 
This is a gieat advanuge when trying to 
chase down a German U-boat tir defend 
the convoy against an enemy ship. 

Anolhcr favorable aspect of De- 
stroyer Escort is that you can generate 
an automatic air, ship or submarine at- 
tack with one keystroke at any time 
during a mission. This is handy if the 
going gets too slow, or if you simply 
want additional practice against a par- 
ticular type of attack. 

Destroyer Escort comes with a well- 
organized user's manual that tleariy ex- 
plains each station's operation and afso 
provides historical commentary on the 
use of destroyer escorts during WW II, 
notes on the equipment and tactics of 
both destroyers and U-boats, and strat- 
egy tips based on the experiences of the 
game's playtesters. (MedetlisI htleniii- 
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Charlestdwn, ma 

BflAL . B 

An Oul'Ofthis-World 
Kill and Retrieve Mission 

Time to beam out of nowhere to the 

waiting platform below, as I start this 
game all over again. Oh no— it's the 
same green goblin in the same place, 
snorting firelialls at me. I fought him 
the last time— drat! Too bad my sixth 
alter ego got zonked in the previous 
game, recreating this whole mess. Well, 
here I go again. Rai-a-Tat-Tat-Tat! 
Scratch one Slime Mold, 
The directions come to mind as I 



jump and turn, run and climb. I've got 
to save the earth from Baal and his evil 
minions who stole a War Machine. That 
means a life-and-deat!i struggle in every 
nook and cranny of this booby-trapped, 
multi-level lair. 

Now to blast that generator. I just 
love watching its outer casing explode. 
Target shooting like this scores points, 
which aie shown on the info console at 
the boittjui of the screen. Hmmmmm— 
think I'll climi) down that ladder. I'd 
best he careful; last time 1 slipped oil. 
Think, think, think— I'm a Time War- 
rior, trained for strategy. 

What's this? A flying serpent, cough- 
ing green mucus at me and lowering 
itself, hovering into my sight. Okay 
hero, blast away! 

Whew, that was close. Now I've got 
to refuel my laser rifle and find [pieces 
of the War Machine, Then 1 can trans- 
port to the next domain, get a new life 
and receive an eight-digit code that I 




Careful on these ladders; you've gnt to 
rscover the War Machine In Baal, 

can use at any time I want or need to 

enter this level. 

1 also need to obtain new cartridges 
to receive additional firing modes, 
charge up my personal energy field, End 
a convenient Hovercraft for easy gliding 
and practice my movements in response 
to joystick and keyboard controls. 

Whoa! Step easy. Wish the Oraiid De- 
signer hadn't been so whitnsical in 
places. .Some pitfalls can't be avoided, 
except through trial and error. In ad- 
dition to that, 1 have a sense of deja vu 
every dtne I start a new game. It's like 
seeing reruns of your favorite movie ad 
mfinUiim, 

Oh, well, nothing's perfect. At least the 
eye-tickling graphics and intricate sound 
effects have me doing somersaults. 

The directions tell me this game has 
over 250 separate screens with over 400 
traps and 100 monsters, so I can't waste 
time. I've got to beat the evil Baal and 
his slimey horde. 



B-h-but wait. . .what's that thing 1 
see. . ,? (Psygnosii. PO Box -fSJ, Addison, 
IL 601 01. C-64/$29.95.) 

—John DiPrete 

CitANSTON, RI 

Sky Shark c + 

Flying over Enemy Lines 
Was Never This Dangerous! 

If you've played the arcade hit Sky 
Shark, you were probably excited to 
hear that Taito adapted the game for 
the C-64. In fact, you might even have 
become frandc if you're familiar with 
Taiio's successful coin-op-to-Commo- 
dore conversions of .'\rkanoid, Opera- 
tion Wolf and Bubble Bobble, 

Relax. /\fter being chopped, sliced 
and diced to fit into the (;-64, Sky Shark 
lacks the allure of its coin-op progenitor. 

Sky Shark is, however, sdll fun. You 
command a P-40 fighter plane that flies 
over a vertically scrolling landscape filled 
with boats, planes, tanks, liirt.s and other 
enemy targets. 

The key to Sky Shark is to increase 
your firepower by flying over tokens 
gained from shoodng down eight red 
planes. Acquiring these tokens increases 
the P-40's basic two-shot firing rate 
through a series of six increments. 

Controlling your plane is intuitive, 
which invites you to grab your joystick 
and start flying. In the first mission, you 
fly over a forest filled with tanks and 
forts that unleash an incessant torrent 
of enemy fire (looking remarkably like 
big yellow tennis balls!). While engaging 
the ground targets, you encounter 
plane after plane shooting at you in 
your High I path. It's generally advan- 
tageous to shoot at everything that 
comes your way. 

Sky Shark suffers from three main 
drawbacks. When your plane is shot 
down, you start over only at certain pre- 
determined points in each level. Also, 
dropping a bomb requires wrenching 
a hand from the joystick— thus relin- 
quisliing control of the plane— to slam 
the space bar. Finally, the game quickly 
comes down to memorizing the pat- 
terns taken by enemy craft. 

Despite these drawbacks. Sky Shark 
is a solid, straightforward, addicting 
gatne. It will provide hours of nerve- 
rattling fun, unless, of course, you tear 
up the disk in frustration. (Taito Soft- 
ware. Inc., 267 West Esplanade, North Van- 
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Looking for outstanding output at reasonable cost? Here's 
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hether you're ;i fiisi-iinif buyer 
or ;i long-time user, choosing ;i new printer c;ui be frusiratiiig because ibere arc so tuiiiiy 
on the market. To make selection easier, RUN lakes a look each year at new machines that 
are likely to appeal to C-(i4 antl ("-IL'8 users. 

Since the last roundiiji (CXiobei I'JHH), a number of new 9- and 24-pin printers priced 
below S600 have appeareci. Technology in ibis price range has advanced significantly, atul 
features such as paper-parking and luuliijjle iouts, formerly found only on high-end 
primers, have become more common. Consequendy, shoppingfor a printer is more exciting 
than ever before, and you're more likely to be pleased with yotir purchase. 

A new trend in the printers I (e.sted ibis year is the use of sound to signal c*)tnrol-panel 
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miKlcls, two beeps might represetU a particular font selection or indicate thai you piessed 
control-panel buttons in the wrong sequence, while three beeps might mean the printer 
is ready to accept pitch changes via the control panel. ►■ 

By TIM WALSH 



34 K H N • NOVEMBER 1989 



PHOTOGRAPHED EtY LARRY DUNN 



Speakinf^roCtontrol piinels, two priiitL-rs in this 
roundii|). ihu Paiuisonit KX-l'l I'Jl ;iiid Star Mi- 
(Tonics \'X-2'!()0. haw pa i ids that uti- small tt-ch- 
iiological ruaivfls, .spotiing a muliiiudi- of lights 
and print options. Howl-vlt, ihey're a bit com- 
jjlicated to ust;, and iini fveryonc wi!! enjoy 
memorizing long setjuunccs of button presses, 
rortunately. any well-dfsijrned software should 
provide for letting yon sek'ct print options from 
the keyboard. 

ASCII Youu Prinii:u 

In the past, a halt'dozeri or more Coinmodore- 
deditated set ial printers would normally appear 
each year, eath equipped with a fi-pin DI N plug 
so it could he connected to a C-64 or C-l^S serial 
port jnst like a second disk drive. Hovvever, the 
only Commodore-dedicated serial [Jiinlcrsimio- 
duced in 19H9 have been tlie.Star N\-1(H)IK; and 
the NX-ll)IJ(Kl Rainbow, which I reviewed in the 
April 1989 issue of RUM. A\\ the other new ma- 
chines, from which I selected the ones described 
here, are Centronics-type parallel printers that 
are not dedicated to the Commodore and that 
therefore re<|iiire an interface. 

All of the printers 1 tested work well with the 
C-fvt and C-12iS if one [)i)tential pi(>l)lem can be 
avoided. Since tliey are not {^nmiHidore-specific. 
tliey expect lo receive commands iti standard 
ASCII for switching prim modes and for acti- 



vating sjiecial features. Now it can happen that 
even if the output from yonr compnter is in 
standard ASCII, ycnir interface tnay convert it 
to Commodore ASCII, in which case I he primer 
options won't work properly. Conrfioniidingtbis 
confusion are the scoi es of differem printer driv- 
ers found in Commtidore programs, plus the 
wide range of interfaces and printer tnnrigura- 
ti<ms available. 

I'ortunaiely, many [)rograms, including CIEOS, 
have reduced the likelihood of pioblems by pro- 
viding custom drivers lor every printer, from the 
cnrrem and fashionable to the olwolete and oh- 
.seure. Besides, most Connnodore computerist.s 
soon learn the ins and outs of printer control, so 
they know what works and what doesn't. 

Ifycni're a novice primer user and need help 
getting your printer to work with a specific t)ro- 
gram, try contacting the software niarmfactiu'er 
or publisher. If the machine won't work properly 
with any software, contact the printer retailer en' 
manufactiner. You can also try ymir local user's 
group or an on-line service, snch as Q-Link, ov 
a local BBS. Never des[>air— help « available. 

All of the [)i inters I examined l(»r this article 
come with good docnmentation, ini hiding in- 
structions and listings for prograniniing the 
piiuter. The listings aie in Micriisolt Basic, id- 
tended for MS-DOS computers, but C-64 and 
C-I28 programmers can use most of them by 



Printer Comparison Chart 



Manufacturer 


Model 


Printer 
Emulation 


Bit Image Density 
(Low-High dpi) 


Print Pilches 
(cpl) 


KLQ Fonts 
@ 10 or 12 cpl 


Star Micronics 


NX-2400 


Epson LQ series 
IBM Proprinter 


V 6-360 (EP) 
H 60-360 (EP) 


10,12,15.17.20,? 


Courier, Prestige, Script 


Epson 


LQ-510 

LX-810 


Epson LQ series 
Epson LX series 


V&^60 
H 60-360 

V 6-216 
H 60-240 


10,12,15,P 
10,12,15,20 


roman, sans serif 
roman, sans serif 


Panasonic 


KX-P11B0 
KX-P1191 


Epson FX series 
IBM Proprinter 

Epson FX series 
IBM Proprinter 


V 6-216 (EP) 
H 60-240 (EP) 

V 6-216 (EP) 
H 60-240 (EP) 


10,12,15,17.20.P 
10,12,15,17,20,P 


Courier, twld PS, Prestige, 
sans serif 

Courier, bold PS, Prestige, 
sans serif 


Setkosha 


SP-1600AI 


Epson LQ series 
IBM Proprinter 


V 6-216 (EP) 
H 60-240 (EP) 


10,12,17,20 


Standard NLQ 


Okidata 


Microline 
18a Turbo 


Okidata Microline 


V 6-144 
H 72-144 


10,12,17 


Standard NLQ 



cpi= characters per inch; cps= characters per second; CS= speed claimed t)y the manufacturer; dpi = dots per inch; 

H = Horizontal; V= Vertical; LQ= Letter Quality; NLQ=Near Letter Quality; P = Proportional; PS = Proportional Spacing; EP=both 

Epson and IBM Proprinter modes 



36 K U N ■ NOVKMBER 19S9 



substituting OPFN 4,4,7 for statements such 
as WJDTH "Ll''ri:",255, and PRINTI-J for 
LPRINT. 

INTERKVCING 

As to interfaces, no new outs have appeared 
recently, so I stand by my previous favorites: 
Omnitronix's Hot Shot Plus and Xeiec's Super 
Graphix. I've used both for over a year, printing 
out text and grajjhics on many different ma- 
chines without a liiicli. 

Regardless of the interface you use. you must 
be sure it's configured properly fur your soft- 
ware. For example, you can keep the interface 
in MPS-803/ 1525 mode for normal printing from 
a word processor, but that mode may not permit 
underHning and italics. If not, you must set the 
interface to Transparent mode and select MCll 
output iiom within ynur software. 

Similarly, when printing from graphics-based 
packages, such as GKOS or RUN I'iiint, it's im- 
portant to use the highest density available on 
your printer to get good definition. For instance, 
when using an F.pson printer driver with an 
Epson-type priiUer, you should set tlie interface 
to Epson configuration and Transparent mode, 

TiiK Llst Word 

After working with these printers for almost 
two months, I've picked favorites based on per- 



formance and ease of use. fn the 24-pin category-, 
I favtn- the Kpson LQ-51() over the Star Micronics 
NX-240t), both for its darker prim in every rimde 
and its superior label handling. If Star could 
figure out bow to darken ibeir prim and improve 
their tractor-feed design, they could corner the 
24-pin market on general quality. 

As fiir as the 9-pins are concerned, it's a dead 
heat for first place between the Panasonic KX- 
P1191 and the Epson LX-810 for overall excel- 
lence. Second place goes to the Panasonic KX- 
I'l 180 because ofiis fine prim inialiiy and paper 
handling. The Okidata 182 Tinbo would have 
shared in the first place tie if its provision for labels 
were belter. .'\s it is, the 182's superb print quality 
and speed bring it in third. Tailing in last place is 
the Seikosha SI'-lfiOOAl, with an attractive ap- 
pearance and acceptable print quality and speed, 
but marginal pa])er handlirrg and other renmatus 
of an earlier teclnu^logy. 

Since I use so many primers in my work, I've 
become jaded unvards them. However, the im- 
proved print quality and increased options of 
these machines have given me a riew outlook. The 
chances of your making a poor printer decision 
have been gready diminished. »■ 

Tim Walsh, fonnfrty RUN's U clinical editor, is now 
a contribuling editor to the magaiine, as well us tech' 
nicai editor of our sister tmigaune, AniigaWorld. 



NLQ or LQ Matrix 
@ 10 cpl 


NLQ or LQ 
Print Speed 
@ 10 cpi (CS) 


Draft Mode 
Print Speed 
@ 10 cpl (CS) 


Italic 
Characters 


Underlining 


Super- and 
Subscripts 


Buffer 
Capacity 


Dimensions 
In Inches 


24x35 (LQ) 


47 cps 


142 cps 


Yes 


Yes 


Yes 


7K 


16.1x12.9x4.7 


24x29 (LQ) 
18x12 


50 cps 

25 cps 


150 cps 
200 cps 


Yes 
Yes 


Yes 
Yes 


Yes 
Yes 


8K 

4K 


16.5x13.7x5.5 

16.5x13.7x5.5 


1Bxia 
16x18 


32 cps 
40 cps 


160 cps 
200 cps 


Yes 
Yes 


Yes 
Yes 


Yes 
Yes 


2K 
6K 


16.7x13.4X5.2 
16.7x13.4x5.2 


18x18 


40 cps 


160 cps 


Yes 


Yes 


Yes 


2.3K 


15.4x10.5x4.7 


18x18 


40 cps 


186 cps 


Yes 


Yes 


Yes 


n/a 


14.2x10.8x3.2 





NOVEMBER 19S<J k LI N 37 








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The Tradition Continues 

♦ The Epson LQ-510 ♦ 

I naver met a late model Epson printer I didn't 
Ilka, and Ihe 24-pln LQ-S10 Is no exception. It 
may not be as option-laden as more expensive 
models— lacking, for Instance, a Oulet mode— 
but what It does Is well done, and It even offers 
soma welcome surprises. 

The LQ-510 has two tetter-quality fonts: aans 
sorll and roman. As I've come to expect from 
Epson printers, the print In the letter-qua I tty 
fonts and graphics Is excellent (or a dot matrix 
printer. The characters are beautifully detailed. 

You can select Condensed mode from the 
control panel by pressing the dedicated button. 
Italics cannot be selected from ttic control 
panel, but that's fine, because rarely does an 
entire document need to be In Italic, and that 
mode Is available via software commands. 

The LQ-S10 powers up In Letter Quality 
mode. To switch to [Draft mode using the con- 
trol panel, four keypresses are required: the 
On-line button once, the Font button twice and 
On-line once more. 

The SelecType i:ontrol panel has been kept 
simple, and, probably to keep costs down, It 
forgets settings when the primer Is turrjed off. 
A bulM.ln push, rather than pull, tractor (eed 
makes the LQ-510*s paper handling excep- 
tional, and the feed's adjustability makes mail- 
ing labels easy to generate. 

While lacking a bottom-feed passageway, the 
LQ-510 has a handy paper-parking feature 
called SmartPark that toggles batween contin- 
uous forms and single sheets. Press Ihe Load/ 
Eject button once and the tractor-feed paper 
retracts so you can frtctlon-food single sheets; 
press It again, and the tractor-leod paper ad- 
vances, correctly positioned for printing to t*- 
gln just below the top of Ihe fomi. With the 
LQ-510, you never tiave to worry about man- 
ually "fine-luning" the paper position. 




. , , And Continues Again 

♦ The Epson LX-810 ♦ 

The LX-810, a 9-pln printer, Is nearly Identical 
In appearance to the LQ-S10. Also like Its Z4- 
pln brother. It produces excellent print quality 
and comes with Ihe SmartPark system, placing 
It well ahead of other Fow-end 9-pln printers In 
paper- handling. The documentallon la Ihe moat 
thorough you'll find for a 9-pln printer. 

The LX-SIO differs from the LQ-510 in Its 
control panel. While still a SelecType, 11 Issues 
a number o1 beeps lo Indicate the various print 
modes and character pitches. For example, one 
beep means Draft mode, two mean Roman 
Near Letter Quality (NLQ) mode and throe mean 
Sans Serif mode. Because the beeps are emit- 
ted rapidly, you have to tune your ears a bit 
to distinguish between two and three, and be- 
cause the beeps are quiet, they may bo a prob- 
lem for those with Impaired hearing. An 
advantage of the LX-aiO control panel is Its 
ability lo remember settings, even wfien Ihe 
printer Is turned off. 

Oddly, I found this printer louder and slower 
In NLQ mode than other Epson printers. For- 
tunately, a high-speed Draft mode comple- 
ments the normal Draft mode to speed up the 
printing process. 

Overall, the machlna is a joy to use on a 
dally basis. 



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♦ The Star Micronics NX-2400 ♦ 

The NX-240(I features the quality and low 
price traditional with Star Micronics machines, 
as well as amenities like Ihe Quiet mode and 
letter quality printing that are common among 
24-pln printers. 

One of the NX-2400's most Interesting fea- 
tures Is a control panel that offers four fonts, 
each with an optional Italics mode, and five 
print pitches. One of the fonts— Script, or tong- 
hand— Is particularly impressive tor a budget- 
priced 24-pln printer. Through the control 
panel, you can also make pa per- handling se- 
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forms. 

On the minus side, the panel Is complicated 
to use. For example, 11 presses on three dif- 
ferent buttons are needed to select the Prestige 
Italic font with a condensed 10-plca pitch. 

On power up, the NX-2400 defaults to Letter 
Quality mode Instead of Draft mode— perhaps 
to Increase sales of replacement ribbons. The 
letter quality print Is clear and crisp, but too 
light In my opinion- even lighter than near let- 
ter quality on some 9-ptn phnters. 

Draft mode can be accessed through soft- 
ware, by flipping an Internal DIP switch, or by 
grappling with the control panel. Just press 
On-Llne once, the Style Pitch button once, the 
Quiet Mode button eight limes or the Paper 
Feed button once, then On-Llne agalnl 

The NX-2400 excels at paper-handling, ex- 
cept lor labels, which trequontly fam in the 
tractor-feed unit (located under a removabis 
cover at the rear of Ihe printer). II takes tittle 
space, having a footprint smaller than many 
9-ptn machines. 



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♦ The Panasonic KX-P1180 # 

It was a tougti order to better trie outetanding 
KX-P1091 9-pln printer, a long-time favorite 
among Commodore users, but Its replacement, 
the Panasonic KX.P1180, Is packed with Im- 
provements. The upgrades Include a half- 
speed Quiet mode In NUQ, tour control-panel 
or Bottware-seleclable NLQ fonts and a print- 
head gap-adjustment lever on top of the ma- 
chine, all of which reflect the new trends In 
low^nd printer technology. 

Paper handling has been refined to offer both 
top- and bottom-feed, plus a fully adjustable 
push or pull tractor feed for continuous paper. 
Paper parking has also been added, so you 
can park continuous forma In (he tractor feed 
while printing individual lorms by use ol the 
removable stngte-sheet guide. Like Its prede- 
cessor, the KX-P1180 specializes In printing 
continuous labels; Just load the paper and away 
you gol 

In day-to-day use, Ihls printer performs tiavj- 
iessiy. However, until you get the hang of It, 
Miecting print options from the control pane) 
i« a bit confusing. First, you must place the 
printer oflilne and press the Function button, 
then press the Form Feed button to cycle for- 
ward through the three main print options; 
Fonts, Pitch and Others. The Others option 
covers Quiet mode and page length, which can 
range from B'/j to 14 Inches. The Lino Feed 
button cycles back through Others, Pilch and 
Font, and LEDs indlcato the selection you 
heve made. 

The KX-P1180 quickly became one of my 
fevorito printers. It's lest, pleasant to use and 
easy to program vta either the control panel 
or software, and It produces graphics that are 
second to none lor a 9-pln, dot matrix machine. 
This Is an all-around great printer. 





A Gussied-Up 9-Pin 

♦ The Panasonic KX-P1191 ♦ 
As good as the KX-Pii8a is, the KX-P1191 
performs even better. It's faster (240 characters 
per second In Draft mode, versus the 1180's 
192 cps), It has an expanded control panel wtlh 
eight LEDs and lour buttons. It provides a 
larger print buffer (GK versus 2K), and Italic 
mode is selectable via the control panel. The 
1191 atso offers a Quiet mode, four fonts, nine 
pitches and a variety ot other print options that 
rival high-end 24-pln machines. 

Looking like a clone of its little brother, the 
1191 Is equipped with the same first-rate paper 
handling and turns out the same eKcellant 
graphics. Moreover, its small size makes It 
easy to move from desk to desk or office to 

OfllCB, 

With the exception of the 24-pln Epson LQ- 
510, I found myself using the KX-Pn91 more 
than any other printer In this group. It's fasi, 
software-friendly and relatively quiet, and It 
produces excellent, dark printouts. »■ 



The Nuts and 
Bolts of GEOS 
To RUN Paint 



THK SAMPLE t'RlN'IOUTS ae- 
comp;inying this artkle were origi- 
niilly CKOS images nf Ijolts drawn 
with };i'i)l';iiin by anisl Susan Lamb. 
1 iinpinleti llieminto RUN I'aint. then 
prinii'tl ihrm. /Vftcr a liitlc pniciice 
using my [echniqut. you loo can get 
jSfoRiiiil screens imo RUN Haint with 
a minimuin of file Ikldliiig. Here's 
how I did it: 

First. I ran ilic CEOS 2.0 version 
of gfol'aint on a C-128D, loaded the 
dip an jragc on /^t/iVs tlKOS Povv«t 
Kik II disk and positioned the pajjt.- 
so I he lull iina^c ol the- liolis wa-s wii- 
lered in gcroRiini's visilile window. 

Next, 1 pressed the tM28r)'s reset 
button (the only otld part of this pro- 
cedure) and ran the GEOS-lo-Doo- 
dlc! utility publislicd iti HUiVs. May 
1988 geo Watch column. Otdy the vis- 
ible jjorlioii of the geol'iiint screen was 
.saved to disk as ii DiHHllel streen- 
iniage hie. Renaming ibai hie ivilh 
OPt N 1 5.8, !5,"RarRPI I.(;eOS = DD 
C:K0S":CL0SE B added the prefix 
RPH. to the filename, so RUN Paint 
was able to rccoj^nize it as a hi-rcs 
screen. 

Finaliy. 1 primed the image widi 
each priiiter, keeping iny Omnilroiiix 
Mot Shot Phis set to [ lanspareiil 
mode and selecting the Epson printer 
driver horn the choices on the RUN 
r:iiiii [it'int menu. 

t;ive niy teclmi(pie a try the next 
time you want lo import a geoPsint 
or other GEOS screen into RUN 
Pdini. it's remarkably easy! E] 

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A Blast from the Past? 

♦ The Selkosha SP-1600AI ♦ 
with Its lack of paper parking, fancy fonts 
and oirvar amenities, the 9-pin SP-1600AI 
se«ms to come from a bygone tectinologlcel 
era. Paper handling is clumsy with this ma- 
chine, and tho pull-type tractor feed unit, rest- 
ing atop ttie printer, has an unhealttiy appetite 
for even the most carefully aligned conlinous 
paper. Unlike the fully automated Epsons and 
Panssonlcs In this printer collection, the SP- 
1600AI must have paper adjusted manually 
most of the time, and mailing labels are a 
"maybe" proposition at best. 

On the bright side, the l&OOAI's fully pro- 
grammabio control panel makes it easy to set 
prlr* pitches and margins: Just hold down tho 
On-il. e birtlon to select the desired settings. 
Also, while Draft mode is slow (160 cps) and 
the NLQ characters are marginal, the Graphics 
mode Is fantastic, producing much tighter and 
darker images than, say, the Star NX-24(M. Fur- 
thermore, the 1600AI's Epson and IBM modes 
offer a wide, llexible range of print options. 
Including four pitches, ttsllcs, proportional 
spacing, double-strike and more, all at a rela- 
tively low noise level. 

The Selkosha pales In comparison to the 
other printers in this parade, but then, it wasn't 
built for high-volume output A busy oftice en- 
vironment is definitely not where ft tielongs. 
On tho other hand, (or student or home use, 
the 160DAI is certainly acceptable. 




Friendlier Than Ever 

♦ The Okldata Microltne 1B2 Turbo ♦ 

Okidota's best 9-pin printer Is the Mtcroilne 
1B2 Turbo. Following other recent Okldata ma- 
chines in offering full Epson compatibility, it 
works well with any C-64 and C-12a software 
that has either an Okldata or Epson printer 
driver. Its graphic reproductions are among the 
darkest and most finely detailed of all the print- 
ers In this group, and the control panel is easy 
to use. You won't be up nights memorizing 
sequences of birtton presses In order to op- 
erate this printer. 

The TB2 Turbo offers three print pitches and 
just one font in NLQ mode. Along with Its de- 
fault Microllne mode, it offers an IBM mode 
with similar pitch and NLO options. 

When it comes to feeding paper through this 
machine, all is well until you want to print 
on continuous-feed labels. The tractor-feed 
sprockets are located at etther end of the 
platen and can be moved only about one inch, 
so It's impossible to use labels on narrow 
backing. The paper handling is also marginal, 
in spite ol top- and tiottom-feed options for 
continuous paper, it's difficult to align the pa- 
per properly. 

Outside ol the meiifng-iabei problem, the 182 
Turbo Is one of my favorite 9-pin printers. ■ 



Table 1. Rel:ail prices 

and manufacturers' addressn, 



NX-2400 

S529 

Star Micronics, Inc. 

200 Park Ave. 

New York, NY 10166 



LQ-510 

S529 
LX-810 

S299 

Epson America, Inc. 
23530 Hawthorne B(%'d. 
Torrance, CA 90505 



KX-PH80 

$299.95 
RX-P1191 

S399.95 

Pitnasonic Computer Products 

Division 
2 l^nasonic Way 
Secaucu.i, NJ 07094 



SP-1600AI 

S329 

Seikosha America, Inc. 
1 ! 1 MaD\rthur Blvd. 
Mahwah, NJ 07430 



Microline 182 Turiio 

S339 

Ok i data 

532 Fellowship Rd, 

Mount Laui'el, NJ 08054 




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UN Copy is a versatile atid 
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guage for speed, can copy up to '200 
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C-64-cotnpatib!e disk drives, 

PRELIMINARIES 

Type in Listing 1, "riincopy.bas", us- 
ing run's (.Ihetksuni program to catch 
any typinj;; errtn s, then save it to disk. 
The disk tnust he formaiied and must 
also contain at least 50 free blocks. Run- 
ning "rimcopy,bas" will generate the 
RUN Copy machine language program 
on tlie disk. 

The writing proce.ss takes about five 
minutes, M the program runs, it dis- 
plays the numbers of the lines as it 
works on diem. When the disk-write 
pass is complete, an "all done" mes- 
sage appears on the screen. You then 
will have a working machine language 
file copier! 

To use RUN tajpy, rcscl your com- 
puter (to make sure memory is clear), 
then load and run it like any liasic pro- 
gram. It loads quickly and will soon 
ciisplay its.self-exphinatory main screen. 
The screen lists various fields, including 
filename, file type, file size, files chosen 
to copy, files actually copied, and so 
forth, ami oifers a choice of three pro- 
gram options, which are explained he- 
low. The screen also contains a window 
that displays messages as you use the 
program. 

While using RUN Copy, you can reset 
the program at any input prompt by 
pressing the leit-arrow key. To exit 
RUN Copy, press the nin-stop key 
when no option is pending. 

The Copy File.s Option 

Copy Kiles, the main RUN Copy op- 
lion, is invoked by pressing the C key. 



By ED PARRY 

When the program prompts you for the 
.source and destiiiiilion drive numbers, 
specify each by using the cur.sor-right 
key to increase the default number, or 
tfie cursor-dow^i key to decrease it, and 
then pressing the return key to enter 
your choice. 

Automatic drive limits range from de- 
vice number 5 (if you're using a hard 
drive or RAM disk program) through 
'SO. .'\rter you have pressed the return 
key, RUN Copy automatically checks 
for the presence of the drive, and, ii'it 
doesn't find it there, displays an error 
message. 

Note that when it asks for your input, 
RUN Copy always ofTers a logical de- 
fault. To accept the defauli, just press 
the t el urn key, 

.•Uter you've chosen drive numbers, 
the program wiU prompt you for a copy 
pattern. Any standard direct<u-y pattern 
is acceptable, vvith the default being * 



(all files). Examples of acceptable copy 
patterns are shown in Table 1. 

Next, RUN Copy will read the source 
directory, display the first filename thai 
fits in the pattern you chose and ask if 
you want it copied. Press Y, for yes, to 
place the filename in the program's in- 
ternal list of files to be copied, or N, for 
no, to exclude the file from the list. 
Pressing A will abort the copy option 
and reset the program. 

Once you've specified the files, copy- 
ing begins. The program uses the stan- 
dard disk read /write routines, so you 
can copy files easily from any standard 
Commodore disk drive to any other. 
Slower than .some commercial copiers 
with customized DOS routines, RUN 
Copy compensates through its maxi- 
mum disk-drive compatibility. 

Utilities (such asJitiy'DOS) that speed 
up read/write operathins work well 
with RUN Copy. Also, when you're us- ■ 




Tablg 2. Eximplas of acce pubis dish commandB. 




Command 


Function 




>iO 


Initializes a disk (loads the BAM) 




>vO 


Validates (cleans up) a disk 




>nO;targct disk.RC 


Formats a disk as the target, with 


an ID of RC 


>n(herase disk 


Krases a formatted disk 




>uO>mO 


Puts a 1571 drive in 1541 mode 




>uO>ml 


Puts a 1571 drive in 1571 mode 




>sOrfilename 


Scratches a file 





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FILE COPIER 



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things u]) l)y putting the (itivL- in 1571 
mode vi;i the RUN Cojjy wedge. Type 
u()>iii 1 ;nul tlien pjess returti to activiiie 
this mode. 

Dining copying, the R/W field indi- 
cators Hash back and fonh to indicate 
which phase, tead or write, the pro- 
gtani is iti. l-'ilenames arc (lis(>layed and 
the liles (i)pied in I he order thai yon 
chose them. 

The ♦ licld shows the file number 
tunemiy being copied, the To tlopy 
field shows the total nuinhei of liles vet 
to be done, and the Copied lield shows 
the number of files alreaily completed. 
A "copy (omplete" nsessage appears 
w-hen a copy is linished. 

You can abort a copy opeiati(m at any 
time by holding down the run-stop key. 
It may take several seconds lor the abort 
to lake, so keep pressing the key until 
you sec the "copy aborted" message. 

The Disk Command Option 

'Ibis o()iiori lets yon send any stan- 
dartl (Mil disk lomnuind, so yini can 
scratch files, fintnat new disks, validate 
disks, and so forth, from RL'N Copy. 



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The RUN Copy main scraen, 

Kxamples of acceptable disk conmiands 
a])pear in Table 2. Kor fiirtber belj), .see 
the section on disk commands in your 
drive manual. 

Press the @ key to activate the Disk 
Command option. Then use the cursor 
and return keys lo specify die number 
of the drive diat should receive the 
command. 

Mere again, acceptable drive num- 
bers range hom (i to ;t(), inclusive. RUN 
Copy will verify the presence of the 
drive anti then prompt you for the com- 



mand to be sent. Type the command 

and press return, .\fter execulion, the 
program will display the disk status as 
ifiiirned by the (h-ive. 

THE Directory 
Commands Option 

The third RL N Copy option lets you 
display disk directories. This is similar 
til using the Disk Command wedge. 
Specify a drive device niunber with the 
cursor and relurn keys. Then, at the 
S0> prompt, enter any valid directory 
pattern (see Table 1 ) or press return to 
accept the * default. 

In addition to the normal directory- 
information, RUN Copy shows how 
many liles are in the list. At the "pau,se" 
message, press any key to relurn to the 
main screen, 

RU.N Copy might not be the fastest 
file copier ai cumd, but it loads quickly, 
offers maximum drive compatibility 
and is easy to use. It will make a valuable 
addition to your utility library. [SI 

Ed I 'liny, nittimr oJEBHS hullrliii Imml 
ioflwtm, writes fmigrams and articles for a 
va riety of pu Mirtilinm. 



Running Instroctlans: Type in Listing 1 , using fll/ATs Checltsiim pragram, save it to disli and run it to create the RUN Copy prograin. 



Listing 1. RUN Copy,BaB program, I Available on nsRun disit. See card at page 44,] 



REM THIS LISTING CREATES (AND 

SHOULD NOT BE CALLED) RUNCOP 

Y :REM»163 

5 OPEN 8,8,6,"RUNCOPY,P,W" 

: REM* 7 6 

6 CT = ;!: PRINT" (SHFT CLR)":REM*56 
IJi READ A$:IF A$ = "-1" THEN CLOS 

E8: PRINT: PRINT"ALL DONE!": EN 
D :REM*129 

12 PRINT" 1H0ME)READING LINE "+S 
TR$|CT):CT=CT+1 :REM*141 

15 IF LEN(A$)<62 THEN 55 

:REM*254 

20 B$=MID$(A$, 1 ,20)+HTD$(A$,22, 

20)+MID$(A$,43,20) :RE.'^*242 
25 FOR 1=1 TO 30 :REM*181 
30 CS=MIDS(BS, (I*2)-l ,2) :HS=LEF 

TS(C$,1 ) :LS=RIGHT${CS, 1 ) 

:REM»209 
35 H = VAL(!i$) :IF H$>"9" THEN H=A 

SC(H$|-55 :REM*a5 

40 L=VAL(L$):IF L$>"9" THEN L=A 

SC(I>$)-55 :REM*136 

45 By = H» 1 6 + L: PRINT#8 ,CHRS [ BY I ; 

:REM*67 
50 NEXTiGOTO 10 :REM*n5 
55 IF LEN(A$)<21 THEN U$^A$:GOT 

74) : REM* 184 

50 IF LEN(A$)<42 THEN B$=LEFTS( 

A$,20)+RIGHT$(AS, (I,EN(AS)-21 

) }:G0TO 70 : REM* 176 

6 5 BS = LEFTS ( AS , 2 ) +M I D$ ( AS , 2 2 , 2 

) +RIG!n'$ ( AS , LEN ( A$ ) -42 ) 



:REM*140 
70 FOR 1=1 TO LENiBS)/2:REM*221 
75 C$=HID$(BS, (I»2)-l ,2):HS=LEF 
T$(C$,1 ):L$=RIGHT$tC$,l ) 

; REM* 1 4 

80 H=VAL{H$):IF H$)"9" THEN H=A 

SC(HS)-55 :REM*56 

8 5 L=VALtLS):IF LS>"9" THEN L=A 

SC(L$)-55 : REM* 8 4 

90 BY=H*16+L:PRIHT#8,CHRS(BY); 

: REM* 148 
95 NEXT:GOTO 10 : REM* 160 

100 REM RUNCOP Y ML :REM+141 

101 DATA 01082308BA049E203230*3 
8363A8A434F50593S34*2042592 
0454420504152 :REM*124 

102 DATA 5259AD4341000000004C'5 
E080000080S09000000*0000000 
04e8A4e9848A0 :REM*57 

103 DATA 00BAFE0401D003FE0501*B 
D0401 a5BEBD0501 85BF*B1BEF00 
520D2FF90E458 :REM*99 

104 DATA A86eAA6860A9008SD485*C 
7A9088D2B08A9008D2 0*00802 ID 
0aD2F08A9018D :REM*20 

105 DATA 8602A980eD8A024C9F0C*A 
90F2 0C3FI'A9002 0HDFF+A90FAE2 
a08A00F2 0BAFF : REM* 50 

105 DATA 20C0FFA90F20C3FFA590*8 
D2E08D00518203 90C60*203 90C2 
035089EC45249 :REM*248 

107 DATA 564520232000A900AE2B*0 
820CDBD20350B204E4F*5 4 20505 



24553454E542E :REM*226 

108 DATA 0507003860A0008C2A08*A 
00084D4 20 3 5081 22092*9000 A90 
185D420E4FFF0 :REM*80 

109 DATA F7C914D01CAC2A08F0EE*C 
E2A0eA90085D4203 508*209D9D2 
0901220929000 :REM*174 

110 DATA 4CE70ec90DF01 1C95FD0*0 
34C5E08AC2A08C01EF0*C5201 6E 
7AC2A08999F15 :REM*210 

111 DATA C8C90DD0A8A90085D4A9*2 
04C1 6E7A901 20550BAE*2D08A90 
020CDBDA92020 :REM*11 

112 DATA 1 6E720E4FFF0FBC90DD0*0 
EA900205 50BAD2D088D+2B084C8 
108C95FD0034C :REM*127 

113 DATA 5E08C91DD00CAD2D0eC9*1 
EF0O7EE2D0BD0C0C91 1 'O00CAD2 
D08C906F0C7CE :REM*226 

114 DATA 2D08D0B04C3909A90120*7 
A0EAE2C0eA90020CDBD*A9 20201 
6E720E4FFF0FB :REM*157 

115 DATA C90DD00EA900207A0BAD*2 
C088D2B0B4CB1 08C95F*D0034C5 
E08C91DD00CAD :REM»1S6 

116 DATA 2C08C91EF0D7EE2C08D0*C 
0C91 1 D00CAD2C08C906*F0C7CE2 
C08D0B04C8C09 :REM*122 

117 DATA A90120C40BAE2B08A900*2 
0CDBDA920201 6E720E4+FFF0FBC 
90DO006A90020 :REM*247 

118 DATA C40B60C95FD0034C5E08*C 
91 DO00CAD2B08C91 EF0*DFEE2B0« 



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others in Q- Link's new tropical hot spot. 



■ recently speiu a Saturday iu};ht at 
SiinsLi Beacli, idly contfinplating 
the meaniiif^ of life in general, and 
the origin nt I lie universe in par- 
ticular. A tropical beach is a good place 
to do that, especially if it's situated at 
QuantumLink'K new attraction, Club 
Caribe. As I studied my rugged yet 
handsome visage (somewhere between 
RoboCop and Max Headroom) on my 
monitor, it became apparent that holes 
in the o/onc layer, t!ie search for Spock 
and the world-wide plankton shortage 
would have to wait: An island resort 
beckoned! 

Sadly, my good looks are a iignient 
of my C-64's imagination, and the clos- 
est 1 came to sand was the silicon in my 
computer's central processing unit. Be 
that as it may. Club Caribe is the nearest 
many of us will ever come to a tropical 
resort. 

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ting, cartoon animation and real-time 
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cept of online chatting; assuredly, it's 
one of the more popular (and lucrative) 



By JOHN RYAN 

areas ufiered by the big commercial 
boards. 

Q-Link has taken the concept one 
step further by incorporating iiuerac- 
tive graphics. I'he result: You can now 
see who you're taking to and have the 
opportunity to move from rooni to 
room, explore new places and meet new 
people. Club Carilie is the first and only 
world-simulation to be implemented on 
an online chat service. 

The Club Caribe environment comes 
on a double-sided disk ordered directly 
from QuantumLiuk (8619 Westwood 
Center Drive, Vienna, VA 22182; 7();i- 
448-8700). (Yon must also have version 
3.0 of y-l. ink's ])rogr;tTn disk.) CJnce 
you install the cnviromnent on Q-Link's 
master disk, you can dial Q-Link as 
usual, then access Club Caribe via the 
People Connection. 

You Arrive. . . 

On your first visit, you must specify 
how you watu your on-screen self to 
look. The selection process is straight- 
forward and involves choosing youi 
character's sex, clothes, garment colors 
and physical attributes. This is really 
the heart of Club Caribe, for each mem- 
ber is a unique entity— a personality 
reflected in an on-screen persona. 



Once past the preliminaries, you can 
enter the resort as a spectator or guest. 
As> a spectator, your character vanishes 
and is replaced with a single "eye" in 
the corner [)f the screen. This mode 
provides easy access to any part of the 
club, even where it's crowded. How- 
ever, you can't interact with anyone else 
(which may he fine on your first visit). 

As a guest, you guide your character 
throtigh the tliih with a joystick. Actions 
and movemeius are based on getting, 
putting, going and doing, each select- 
able by pressing the joystick in a certain 
direction. 

If you've ever played Lucasfihn's 
Maniac Miinsion or Zak MacKraken 
and the Alien Mindbenders, you'll 
probably feel comfortable with Club 
Caribe's user interface and graphics. 
The graphics, while not sensational, are 
nicely done considering the limitations 
of a project this size on an eight-bit 
machine, and they're presented in a 
quasi-three-dimensional aspect. The re- 
sort is set u]) like an iitiventure, with 
opportunities to pick up items and store 
them, either in your pockets or in con- 
tainers that you purcha.se. Likewise, 
you can put tokens (the island's cur- 
rency) into rece[)tacles such as vending 
machines and teleports, or spend them 




Ydu have a lac dI flBxibility in designing yaur 
character. 



One room lets you exerciee your 
ekills in cempetltlDn. 



Ydu can ineBt naw ar aid friends on the beach 
or In the bar. 



50 li L' N NOVEMtlER 1989 



ILLUSTRATED BY ANN UJLt.(}N 




If you don't like thn way you look, yau can 
make alcsraclona. 



A cool drink in Club Cnrlbc's bar la a hoe day 
traat. 



Them's almost no limit to what can happen in 
Club Caribe! 



Non-Habitat Forming 



"Ifever there was a wiz that was. . ." 
—Chorus from The Wizard of Oz 

If ever ihcrt- was a wiz thai was, 
it's Cluh Caribe, the interactive on- 
line extravaganza derived from an 
idea that lit up in the head of pro- 
grammer Chip Morningstar some 
years ago. The idea was Habitat, ati 
imtneiise, graphics-based, interac- 
tive world-simulaiinn that Lucasfilm 
proud[y announced in 198(5 as tile 
new flagship for the young Quan- 
tumLink online service. 

It was almost loo good to be true, 
really. .A.ssuredly, every<mc knew of 
the graphics prowess of the- C-fv}, 
which, incidentally, had grabbed the 
burgeoning software market by its 
lapels in 1986. Also well known was 
Lucasfilm, a young software linn re- 
spected for its talent with fractal 
graphics (The Eidolon, Rescue un 
Fractalus! and Koronis Rift). Tliey 
seemed ilie right company at the 
right time with the right idea. 

The technology that makes Club 
Caribe work today Is nothing niore 
than a step-child of the original Hab- 
itat idea. I magine, if you will, a total 
grapliics environment with over 5iU) 
different locations, where each user 
has a separate room u> sculpt and 
decorate as desired. Imagine a world 
where adventures await you and 
where teams can he gathered to 
search for clues, play capture the 
flag, and do other things that can be 



done in real life. All from the comfort 
and safety of your innnc, connected 
via modem to Q- Link's massive com- 
puter in Vienna, Virginia. 

Habitat promised to be a dream- 
world for the online user— an alter- 
nate reality, a far cry from the crude 
C:B-Iype interaction available at the 
time. So the (iotmiindore world 
waited with eager aiulcipation. Now, 
three years later. Habitat remains an 
elusive dream, replaced with a 
pared-down version that incorpo- 
rates only the essence of the tech- 
nology that would have brought 
Habitat to life. White this is not nec- 
essarily bad (and "something" is al- 
ways better than nothing at all), what 
happened? 

Steve Arnold, vice-president and 
general manager of Lucasfilm, ex- 
plains: "We found that we had 
pushed the C-e4 to its limits, and, if 
we had it to do all over again— and 
I'm not trying to insult C-64 own- 
ers—we really would have devel- 
oped the Habitat program on a 
different system. (Jnce we finished 
Habitat and really sat down and 
looked at it, we realized there was a 
hit more technology needed to do 
multiplaycr gaming— a lot more 
than we could efl'ectively do on the 
C-()4. So, Club tiaribe uses only the 
lecluiology that was developed by 
Lucasfihn for Habitat, because of the 
limitations of the C-64. 
"The concept for Club Caril>e was 



conceived by Quauium. They de- 
sigtied the enviroinnem and activities 
of ihe service, using the technology 
that had been created for Habitat. 
Which is why, as Quantum jjresented 
Club Caribe to the world, it was pro- 
moted as a product that u.sed Lucas- 
filtu's Habitat technology." 

Whether Club Caribe will evolve 
into the system envisioned by the 
pioneers of Habitat remaitis to be 
seen, but considering the enthusias- 
tic initial reaction of tlie public, it's 
in both Lucasfilm's and Quantum's 
interest to pursue the idea hirther, 

Arnold remains optimistic about 
enliancenienls to Club Cai ibe. "Cer- 
tainly, we would he inierested in 
seeing the world of Club (.;aribe 
evolve in new directions, based on 
the things users are interested in and 
the feedback we get from the people 
playing it. One of the visions of Hab- 
itat was users themselves helping to 
shape the universe, although that 
was one of the things that became 
technically difficult to implemein." 

Don't get the idea that Club Caribe 
is a half-baked attempt to implement 
a vision that was too far ahead of its 
time. Both Lucasfilm and Quantum 
are pr<md of the technology and in- 
novation bebittd Club Caribe— and 
rightly so. Club C^aribe is light-years 
ahead of Q-Link's closest competi- 
tion, and even brighter lights will 
shine in the future. SI 

-JR 



NOVKMBKR 19H9 k U N 



CARIBE BEIN' 



in any of the resort's numerous shops. 
'I'ht' Do coinniiuul is used to inaiii[)ul;iie 
the mnUitutle of objects you'll find ai 
CUib Caribe. 

K;uh section ol' the islatxi is divicled 
imo "rooms." When yuu enter a room, 
you'!! probably find suveral other guests 
there, engaged in oue activilv or other, 
wheilier it be idle chattel- or explora- 
tion. You conver.se with others by typitif^ 
contments into :i coitnnatid line, which 
iheii appeals in a "liallooii" over your 
character. Moreover, your character 
can walk, jump, wave, [>oint, bend and 
frown— just about anything to get your 
point across. Prepare yourself, though; 
Whereas you're just a "hancile" on 
many online services, auy aciioti you 
take ai Club Caribc can be seen by 
everyone in tlie loom! 

Attractions on the island include 
shops and pubs, special event areas, an 
arcade, beaches, teletwrters, automatic 
teller machines (for your tokens), and 
more. A maji ol the island is included 
with the soi'tware and, tmtil you get 
familiar with the tlulj's lavout, vou'll he 



reicrring to it often. As in Q- [.ink's Pco- 
[)lt' Connection, there are hel[) areas 
and "guides" to assist you through your 
lirsi few innings. 

.Mihough Club Caribe is not the Hab- 
itat (sec the sidebar) promised over 
tin ee years ago, it is a unique .'ind tun 
alternative to chatting by simply typing 
text on your monitor. However, there 
are a few minor irritations associated 
with using the service. 

Keep in Mind. . . 

First, you should have a 1200-baud 
modem (a Commodore 1670 can be 
had lor about S60). I didn't even try 
using ;500 baud, because 1 200 was dif- 
licult enough. 

Second, there's a lot of time spent 
waiting lor t!ie disk drive. The drive 
musi load each new area you enter, and 
while the length of individual loads may 
be tolerable, when you have to pass 
til tough several areas to get to your 
desiinatiini, the minutes add up. The 
pennies add up too, since Club C'aribe 
is a "plus time" (extra cost) service. At 



eight cents a minute, I could see my 
money flying out the windtjw each time 
1 wailed for a disk load. 

Third, things can slow down to a 
crawl when several guests are all doing 
their thing in the same rotmi. Utifor- 
tunately, the C-64 is not a multitasking 
machine, so while one guest moves 
across the room, the others are i'ro/.en 
in place. With a lot of people in Jiction, 
you may be lucky just to get a move in 
edgewise. 

Even after .several hours at Club Car- 
ibe, there are some attractions I haven't 
yet visited. There's lots to do and see, 
especially on Friday and Saturday 
nights when things arc positively hop- 
ping! Disk loads notwithstanding. Club 
Caribe offers a lot of play for the penny. 
.So, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to the 
beach. Just why are whales so big, 
anyway? ■ 

John Rymi, nnr of RUN '.5 cnnlrihuting 
editors, is aiui itn air traffic control iiutruc- 
tor. Mayhf wmeday he can really fly to Ca- 
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Add a host of structured commands 
to your C-64's built-in Basic. 



The C-M is ;) fTieat machine, bul 
ilif huili-iii Basic 2.{] lacks some 
useful cotmiiands thai exist in 
mort; tccetii versions of tlie lan- 
guage. Enhaiucd B;isic (hereafter 
called EB) updates Uasie 2.0 by adding 
If/ThenVELse and (^ase cummnnds, la- 
beled Gotos ant! Gosubs, and While and 
Repeal loops. lype iti Listings 1 and 2 
and save them to disk. Then load and 
run Listing 2, creating EB on disk. To 
use, run Listing 1, 

If/Then/Else 

A Basic 2.0 If statement can be fol- 
lowed by one and only one Then condi- 
tion; multiple statements and Else 
conditions aren't possible. EB remedies 
this lack with an If/'riien/Else sequence. 
The format foe the sequence is as follows: 

10 IF A = l THEN 

;!0 PRINT: PRINT "YOU SELKCH ED 1" 

30 PRINT "GOOn CHOICE!" 

■K) ELSE 

TiO PRINT "YOU DIDNT SELECT 1" 

60 PRINT "PLLASF. S^:LF.CI■ 

.WOTHtk" 
70 ENDIF 

If you want to do this with Basic 2.0, 
yon must say: 

10 IF A= 1 THEN PklNT:GO'm M) 
•M) PRINT "VOL DIDN'I SEl.ECr 1" 
;{<) I'RINT "PLFJVSE SKLECF 

ANarHER" 
■SO COTO 7i:i 

50 PRINT "YOL SEI.ECI ED I" 
60 PRINT "GOOD CHOICE!" 
70 (Continue with I he jiHvgram) 

Clearly, the KB tude is easier to un- 
derstand. You can have as many siate- 
menis as you wiuii lollowing the Then 
and Else staternents. Y'ou can also fiave 
a Then witliout an Else. When you're 
finished with the se([uence, close it with 
an Endif. 



By SCOTT WEISGARBER 

There may be dmes when yon prefer 
an old-fashioned If— for exanrple, when 
you vvairt to execute only one siaretrrent 
aird yoir dorr't warn to worry ahoirt ;m 
I'Indif. rilat's nu prohletrr; jirst put the 
statement to be e.^ecuted right idler the 
'I hetr statement iti tire line, as shown 
below: 

IF A=l rHEN PRINT "YOL 

SELEClEi) I" 

((^citiriinit' wrlli the jirograiri) 

The regular Basic 2.0 If appears to 
EB as a completely different command 
ihair the special EB If. The rule is: When 
drere's somediing after the Ihen state- 
nrent in the same litre, it's a regirlar If; 
when there's notliing alter it, it's treated 
as an EB If 

Cases Of. . . 

The next set of commands is the Cases 
Of/Case/EndCase/Otherwise/EiidCases 
group. It provides a shorler way ro use 
lire If/'Ihen structure when there are 
iirariy possible values of the checking 
variable. Eor example, let's say y<ni were 
checking user input at a menu. Itr Basic 
2.0, the code might look like ibis: 

10 INPLTA 

20 1 V A= I OR A = 2 Tl 1 !■ N V.l >.Sl.' B 

lOOiGOro fiO 
30 IF A = :( OR A=! THEN C.OSDU 

200:GCrn) fiO 
40 IK A = r. THEN GOSLH :illll;(;OlO lid 
50 PRINT 'I DONT LNDERSIAND 

^■OLR CHOICE" 
60 B = H+1 
70 GOTO 10 

With EB, you catr do the same thing 
using lire tiase slatement; 

10 INPCIA 

20 GVSES OF .A 

•M) VMV. l,2:GOSUB 100:ENUG«E 

•to GASE a,4:GOSLB 200:E\DC:.\SE 

RUN il light; C-64 



fiO C 'ASK Tl iGO.SL) U liOO; EN OGVSE 

00 OIUFRWISE 

70 PRINT "[ DONT UNDER.SrANn 

YOUR CHOICE" 
80 ENDG-VSES:(;cyrO 10 

Otrtc again, the EB version is easier 
to understand. \()ii st;n-t with n simple 
Cases Of, followed by the variable you 
wish to check. Thetr, after ftrrishitrg with 
each Case, you close it with air F.ndCiisc, 
If none of the cases holds true, the Oth- 
erwise, if present, is executed. When 
you're corTi])letely finished checking the 
variable, dose the sequence with atr 
EirdCases. 

The variable may be of a try tvjje. If 
it's iramed incorrectly, you wtui't get an 
error message until it's activated by the 
first Case statenrent. For e.xample, in 

10 C-\SES OV lA 

20 CASK LPRINTENDCASE 

variable lA is invalid, but you won't get 
atr error message irirtil line 20. Airy time 
yoir try to ioirr]);ire twcj diiieient types 
of data, such lis a string and a mrineric 
value, you'll also get the error nressage 
at the Case statement. 

LOOPING 

Uniil trow you had to use a series of 
If'/'I'iretrs and (>oios to biriUl a hrop, as 
siiown below; 

10 PRINl "ALMOST DONE" 

20 ii = H-H 

30 IfBO-ilHEN 10 

EB nrakes looping easier with the 
W'hiie/Weml and Repcai/Uniil com- 
marrds, ller-e's how they look: 

WHILE Itof) 

PKINr"ALM(JS'lTK)NE" 

ii = n -HI 
WEND 



or 



68 RUN' NOVEMBER 1989 



I'RINl' "ALMOST DONF." 

UNTIL B = r. 

While/ U'ciid and Rtpeat/Lntil difl'er 
in where I he condition is tested. In 
While /Went!, it's tested an he beginiiiiijr 
oi I he loop: if the [ondition is fiilse, 
ONeditiun skips to Wfiid. 11 I he coiidi- 
tioii is falso ilu' (list time tlircm^di ihe 
loop, the stuteinents inside I he loo|) will 
never be exeented. Rejjeai /Until is the 
opposite. "I he condition is tested at the 
end of the loop, so the loop is always 
executed at least once. Notice that the 
ojK'rators lor the two se(|iiences ate of)- 
])osiie: While .'\<>.t, 11 mil ,'\ = ,"), Keep 
this ill mind. 

Goto and Gosub 

The inosi ohscure connnands in Basic 
have got to be Goto and Ciosub, because 
all they contain are meaningless num- 
bers, f'br instance, in 

V,um 100 
GOSUB ."illOO 

what's in line 100? What does line ;M)00 
do? What happens ii you change the 
line numbers, makhig line 100 become 
line 130? This lack of clarity can lead 
to problems— ])roblenis that EB solves 
Ijy letting you nse meaiiingfid labels 
enclosed in Cjuotes as targets: 

"MAIN lUOi*" 

I'RINT "***•••♦" 

INPUT A 

IFA=1 THKN COrO-.VlAIX LOOP" 

or 

GOSUB "DO TWICE" 



"DO 'nVK:K":K = F + 2;Ri;'rURN 

Just remember to ptit the targets in 
quotes. ,-\lso. notice how llie If in the 
(loto exanijile uses the regnlar [fforniat. 

Of comse, whai good are labels if you 
tan't use ihejn vvitli the On eonnnand? 
Well, you can, as this exainjile illustnnes: 

INPUT A 

ON A GOSUI) "ONE", TWO", 

"TnREE"."FOUR" 

You can do the same with Goto. What 



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Si^Ol 



if yon want to use regular line numbers 
as targets? Once again, 1 antiLijiined 
your needs, giving you the option of 
using either. Both (jfihe formats below 
are acceptable in Ii'.B: 

GOTO IIKI 
GO,SliH "1IK1J.O" 

on a{;oslb :100,:j0(j 
on a goto "uno", "dos" 

Indentation 

In addition to fancy commands, most 
Basic interpreters use intieination to 
make ])rogramming easier, lollowing 
that lead, I've provided an ;niionuuic 
indenler. It not only works by itself, but 
it heljjs you fiiul errors. 

lj;l me explain what I mean by in- 
denting, hi the above examples, you 
may have noticed that statemems fol- 
lowing sfjetial key words are indented, 
Tiiese key words, which I call "indent" 
words, include If Cases Of tiase. While 
and Repeat. Whenever l-.W hits one of 
them, ii indents alt words th:ii follow 
until an "end" win d ap()ears. Willi the 
end words — EndC^ase, Kndtiases, 
Endlf, L'ntil and Wend— the indenta- 
tion ceases, i'or instance, 

WHJl.i: A<1 

([uileini'd lines) 
WEND 

Error.A VOIDING Rules 

It'.s important to adhere to the fol- 
lowing rules, or your program won't 
work pr<jperly: 

While, Wend, Re])eat, Until and 
Cases Of must be on lines by themselves. 

Never put a comma inside the testing 
part of a Case statement, or you'll get 
an en or. 

Make sure that the variable name in 
a Cases Of statement is no more than 
nine characters kmg, J f it's longer, it 



will cause a syntax error. 

Yon can have only one Cases Of state- 
niciil active at once. Do not try to 
nest them. 

When using labels with the Ozi com- 
mand, put nothing after the last label. 
For example, don't write 

ON A GOSUB "t)\E","'I"VVO";PRINT 
"THIS WILL CL.\rSK AN ERROR" 

When using aii (Jn connnaml, don't 
switcli between EB and Basic 1^,0 ibi ms. 
For instance, 

ON ClOin UK), "IN1T',"START',200 

would cause an error. 

Every indem word mirsi have a 
mail hing end word, 'Ibis is where list- 
ing ihf progiani comes in handy. If ihe 
lisle: comes :u loss an end word without 
a previous iiulent word, ii highlights 
the end word ;ind stops the listing. For 
example, lisling 

WmLE.A<l 

A = A-)-l 
WEND 
EN 1)1 F 
PRINT "CO.NTINU E" 

would produce the following: 

WHILE A<I 

A = A + I 
WEND 
EN 1)1 F 

An easy w;iy lo see if you have too 
miiiiy imlem wotds is to list the last line 
of the program. If it's indented, you 
have an unpaired indem woid. 

You can have no more than ten 
WhileAVend and ten Repeal/Until loops 
going at the same lime. That gives yon 
the possibility of 20 nested loops — nmre 
ilian you should ever need. But, just in 
case, I have provided a few self-explan- 
atory error messages. 

Program Note 

Enlninced B;isic occufiies memory 
from 49152 to .^Jl 148 and uses 51 I4U- 
.') 1 22 1 for miscellatieous data tables. 
Keep other programs away from both 
areas, (gj ►> 

Scoll Weisgarber, a sophomore in high 
school when he wrote EB, is iilso fiiniiliar 
with machim- languuge and I'tisail ami is 
learning Cobol and Fortran. 



lUJUSTttVrEI) IIV PAUL KISCH 



NOVKMBER 19H9 ■ R t; N 59 



BETTER BASIC 



Running Instrucclans: Typa in LJBtinga 1 and 2 and save them to disk. Load and ran Listing 2 to create "Enhanced Baijc" on dislt. Ta use 
the program, just load and run Usting 1, the loader pragram. 

LlatinH 1. Enhanced Basic laadBr program. (Available on RsRun diak. See card et page 44.1 

10 IF A=0 THEN A=1 : LOAD" ENHANCE 

D BASIC", 8,1 :REM*187 

20 SYS 49152 :REM*1S6 

Listing 2. Enhanced Basic creator program. lAvailabla on ReRun disli. See card at page 44.) 



REM THIS LISTING CREATES {AND 

SHOULD NOT BE CALLED) ENHANC 

ED BASIC :REM*114 

5 OPEN 6, 8, 8, "ENHANCED BASIC, P, 
W" :REM*50 

6 CT=0:PRINT"(SHFT CLH)":REM*56 
ID READ A$:IF A$="-1" THEN CLOS 

E8:PRINT:PRINT"ALL DONE!":EN 

D :REM*129 

12 PRINT" (HOME) READING LINE "+S 

TR5(CT) :CT=CT+1 :REM*141 

15 IF LEN(A$)<62 THEN 55 

:i?EH*254 
20 B$=MID$(A$, 1 ,20)+MIDS(A$,22, 

20)+MIDS(AS,43,20) iREM*242 
25 FOR 1=1 TO 30 :REM+181 
30 CS=MID${B$, (I*2)-1 ,2):HS=LEP 

TS(CS,1 )rL$=RIGHTS(C$,l ) 

:REM*209 
35 H=VAL(HS):IF HS>"9" THEN H=A 

SC(H$)-55 :REM«85 

40 L=VAL(L$):IF LS>"9" THEN L=A 

SC(L$)-55 :REM*136 

45 BY=H*164L:PRINT#G,CHR$(BY1 ; 

: REM* 67 
50 NEXT:GOTO 10 :REM+115 

BS IF LEN(AS)<21 THEN BS=A5:GOT 

O 70 :REM*184 

60 IF LEN(A$)<42 THEN B$=LEFTS{ 

A$,20)+RIGHT$(Ai, (LEN(A$)-21 

) ) :GOTO 70 : REM* 176 

65 BS=LEFTS(A$,20)+MIDS(A$,22,2 

) +RIGHTS ( AS , LEN ( A$ ! -42 ) 

:REM*140 
70 FOR 1=1 TO LEN(B$)/2:REM*221 
75 CS=MID$(BS, ( I*2)-l ,2) :HS=LEF 

TS(CS,1 ):LS=RIGHTS(C$,1 ) 

:REM*140 
80 H=VAL(HJ):IF HS>"9" THEN H=A 

SC(H$)-5S :REM*5C 

85 L=VAL(L$):IF LS>"9" THEN L=A 

SC(LS)-5S : REM* 8 4 

90 BY=H*16 + L;PRINT#8,CHRS(BY) ; 

: REM* 148 
95 NEXT: GOTO 10 : REM* 150 

100 REM ENHANCED BASIC DATA STA 
TEMENTS :REM*104 

101 DATA 00C0A9008D0BC8A2208C*F 
B00A9A0BDFC00B1FB91*FBC8D0F 
9EEFC00CAD0F3 : REM* 36 

102 DATA AD0BCBD07EA205BD0403*9 
D0FCeBDA0C09D0403CA*1 0F1 A9A 
38D1EA0A9C38D :REM*183 

103 DATA 1FA0A9B88D26A0A9C38D*2 
7A0A97 5BD2EA0A9C4 8D*2FA0A9S 



48D4 2A0A9C68D : REM* 58 

104 DATA 43A0A9AC8DEBA6A9C58D*E 
CA6A9I3CaD20A0A9C6BD*21A0A2 
0A99320D2FFA9 :HEM*9 

105 DATA 1120D2FFBDB2C720D2FF«A 
99D2 0D2FFA99420D2FF*8ECDC7A 
214A000CeD0FD :REM*144 

106 DATA CAD0FAAECDC7EaE01BD0*D 
B60B7C081C1 46C2A937*8D01 00A 
205BD0FC69D04 :REM*146 

107 DATA 03CA10F760207CA50e4a*A 
936BD0100A900A8A200*A9CB8DD 
0C78CCDC7B900 :REM*lf>3 

108 DATA 02F079C922D00EC8B900*0 
2F06FC9 22D0F6C8 4CC4*C0C9 409 
00CC95B900BC9 :REM*80 

109 DATA 8BF007C980F003C8D0D3*D 
DFDC6F01 DBDFDC6F003*E8D0F8E 
8ACCDC7EED0C7 :REM*166 

110 DATA ADD0C7C9D7D0BBACCDC7*C 
e4CC4C0BDFDC6F00EB9*0002F0D 
9DDFDC6D0D4E8 :REM*73 

111 DATA C8D0ED98AAACCDC7CBBD*0 
002990002F004C8E8D0*F4ACCDC 
7ADD0C7990002 :REM*172 

112 DATA C84CC4C0A000B90002F0*2 
0C8C9D1D0F6 888CD0C7*B90002F 
012C8C9A7D0F6 :REM*96 

113 DATA B90002F008ACD0C7A98B*9 
9(1002A005B9FB01F004*C8D0F8A 
8682860088DCD :REM*101 

114 DATA C7AD0F003065ADCDC7C9*C 
B905E8CCEC78ECDC7A0*00E9CBA 
AF00CB9FDC6F0 :REM*90 

115 DATA 03C8D0F8C8CAD0F4B9FD*C 
6F00EC980F01 BC98BF0*2A20D2F 
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Volatility is the name of the game in this 
entertaining stock market simulation. 



By MICHAEL BALLARD 



Have yon ever vvislied you could 
iiivesi in ;in imivc snx k in;ii- 
kel vvitlnnu woiiyiiif; about 
losing money? Well, tiow's 
your chance. In ilic Wall Sucet game, 
you receive $5001) to invest in any of six 
stock categories, and the stocks make or 
lose iiitmey for you, depending on the 
wisdom of your investments. 

Wall Street is set in a future time, 
when many of the stock market regu- 
lations have been removed. Because of 
this, the market is extremely volatile; a 
slock worth S 100 one day may be worth 
only $30 the next, or, in rever.se, a stock 
may suddeidy jmnp from next to noth- 
ing to S30. All this irreans tliat yon must 
keep a close eye on the screen activity. 
The program. Listing I, is written 
entirely in Basic 7,0. Type it in using 
RUiW'a Checksiun program to detect 
any typing errors, save a copy to disk 
and then run it. 

First you'll see the trading board it- 
self, with y<Hu- initial S51)00 shown in 
die u]Jper right. 'I'he upper left shows 
how many shares of each ly])e of stock 
you hold, along with their current val- 
ues. "I'he net worth figrire, back in the 
upper right, reflects your cash on hand 
])lus the value of the stocks you own. 

■["he large area at the bottom of the 
screen shows the current market value 
of each tyjje of stock, both graphically 
and inimerically. /Vs soon as the screen 
is drawn, ihese figures will start to 



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GrBBd can make you loss control— and your 
fortuna— II you're not careful. 

change randomly. The most the value 
of any stock will change per unit time 
is Sid, with two exceptions: Any stock 
under SIO in value may su<ldenlyjunip 
to S30, and atiy stock o%'er SlOO may 
suddenly droj) to one-third its value. 

So why not buy all cheap stocks and 
sell the expensive ones? Because any 
stock imder .SIO may iilso drojj to zero, 
at which point any shares of it you own 
are removed as worthless. .Also, any 
stock over SlOO may start paying divi- 
dends, figured on the number of shares 
owned. 

One Inst olxstatle to profit-making is, 
of cour.sc, taxes. Once a year L'ncle Sam 
subtracts your previous net worth from 
your current net worth and levies a 2.5 
percent tax on the difference, if positive. 



Huitning Instructions: Type In Listing 1, save it to disk, than run it. 

Uiting 1, Wall Streat program, lAwallsble on ReRun diak. Ses card at paga M.l 



He doesn't tax actual profit, because, 
with the market deregulated, people 
would have loo many chances to cheat. 

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and if you lose for more than three years 
in a row, the government will close 
down your investment activities. Also, 
if you lose in the market, yet earn div- 
idends, you must pay 'J;l ])CTCcnt on the 
dividends. This may leave you with neg- 
ative cash <m hand, hut the only con- 
sequence is that you can't buy more 
stock without licjuidaiing some of what 
you fia\'e. 

To start buying and selling and mak- 
ing your hrst million, press the space 
bar to go to the Activity menu. I'he 
options are Buy Stock, Sell Stock, In- 
structions, Quit and Return to Market, 
If you opt to buy or sell, you can choose 
from Industrials, Goitl, Silver, Cattle, 
Grain and Computers. 

All price changes are on hold while 
you're in Activity mode, and you may 
enter the mode whenever you wish. If 
it takes a second for the space bar to 
respond, it's Just that the computer is 
filing the current price changes first. 

The game ends when your net worth 
falls below $100. Have fun, and remem- 
ber: Buy low and sell high! E 

Michael Ballard, who ruris a BBS on one 
itj hb. two C-128s, h attending ichoot part 
lime with the aim of becoming a full-time 
programmer. 



M [lEM STOCK MARKET SIMULATION bi 

FOB THE C-128 :REM*a2 
20 HEM BY MIKE BALLARD :REM*230 60 
30 REM DES MOINES, lA 50315 

:REM*106 
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RL 3)E{CTRL 2) (CTRL 7){SHF 

T S)(CTRL 3)A{CTRL 2}M{CTRL 

0} (CTRL 4)WANTS HIS SHARE 

OF THE {6 SPACES} PROFITS. 

: REM* 4 7 
235 SLEEP3 :REH*154 

240 PRINT" (CRSR DN ) {CTRL 4t(S 
HFT Y)OUR NET WORTH AT THE 
BEGINNING 0F(5 SPACES >THIS 
YEAR WAS"; :PRItJTUSlNG"#$S#, 
###,###.##";PW;: PRINT"." 

:HEM*220 

24 5 SLEEP3: PRINT" [CRSR DN)(SHFT 

YIOUR CURRENT NET WORTH IS 

"; :PRINTUSING"#$##,)»##,##(J. 

If§";m :REM*116 

250 DF=NW-PW:IFDF=0THENSLEEP3:P 
RINT"(CHSR DN){3 SPACES ] (CO 
MD 7){SHFT N)0 GAIN, NO LOS 
S.(2 SPACES HSHFT YlOU ARE 
FREE TO {4 SPACES) CONTINUE," 
:SLEEP3;PW=NW:GRAPHIC1 : RETU 
RN :REM*158 

251 IFDF<0THENBEGIN:LY=LY + 1 :DF5 
DF*{-1 ) :PRINT"{3 SPACES) {CR 
SR DN)(SHFT SJINCE LAST YEA 
R YOU HAVE MANAGED TO {4 SPA 
CEslLOSE"; : PRINTUSING"#$##, 
^^^(^^^.^/^"JDF; : PRINT" !":SL 
EEP3 :REM*180 




252 IFDT>0Ti!ENBEGIN:LY = 0: PRINT" 
{3 SPACES) (CRSR DN) (SHFT Y) 
OU DID HOWEVER EARN";: PRINT 
USING"#S##,###,*'*i#.##";DT; : 
PRINT" {4 SPACES) IN DIVIDEND 
S.":SLEEP3 :REM*34 340 

253 PRINT" (2 SPACES) (CRSR DN ) ( 350 
CTRL 3) {SHFT U)NCLE (COMD 7 
){SHFT S)AM (CTRL 2)WILL NO 3S0 
W TAKE HIS 25% CUT(3 SPACES 370 
)0F THAT.":TX=INT{DT/4):DT= 
0:NW=NW-TX: PW=NW:CH=CH-TX;C 
HS=DD$+STR$ ( CH ) ; SLEEP3:G0TO 
280: BEND : REM* 16 380 

254 PRINT"{3 SPACES) (CRSR DN){C 
TRL 3) (SHFT TjHIS IS"+STR$( 
LY)+" yEAR(S) OF LOSS.":IFL 390 
Y > 3THENGOTO370 : ELSEPRIMT" { 2 

SPACES) (SHFT DOSSES FOR M 400 
ORE THAN 3 YEARS AND (CTRL 
2} (SHFT U)NCLE (COMD 7){SHF 
T S}AM {CTRL 3) WILL CLOSE Y 410 
OU UP!":PW=NW:SLEEP6:REM*46 

255 GRAPHIC) : RETURN: BEND 

:REM*230 420 

260 SLEEP3: PRINT" {CRSR DN ) { 3 SP 
ACEs}{SHFT Y)OU HAVE INCREA 
SED YOUR NET WORTH BY";:PRI 430 
NTUSING"S$#*/, ###,###.##" ;DF 440 
;: PRINT", ":LY=0:SLEEP3 450 
:REM*8 

270 PRINT" (2 SPACES) {CRSR DN ) { 460 
CTRL 3) {SHFT U)NCLE (COMD 7 470 
KSHFT S)AM (CTRL 2)WILL NO 
W TAKE HIS 25% CUT{3 SPACES 480 
)0F THAT.":TX=INT(DF/4) :DT= 490 
0:SLEEP3 :REM*34 500 

280 PRINT"{CRSR DN)(3 SPACES) {S 
HFT Y)OUR TAX BILL IS";:PRI 
HTUSItlG"§SH»,Hiitl,lt§§.»H";TX 510 
; : PRINT" . " : NW=NW-TX: CH=CH-T 520 
X:CH$t=DD$+STR$(CH) :PW = NW 

: REM* 4 3 530 

290 PRINT"{2 CRSR DNs){CTRL 2J( 540 
9 SPACES) {CTRL 9) {SHFT P){S 550 
HFT R){SHFT S){2 SHFT Ss){S 560 
HFT SPACE) (SHFT A) {SHFT N){ 
SHFT Y){SHFT SPACE) {SHFT K) 570 
{SHFT E){SHFT Y) (SHFT SPACE 580 
){SHFT T){SHFT O) (SHFT SPAC 590 



E)(SHFT C)(SHFT 0) (SHFT N) { 
SHFT T){SHFT I ) ( SHFT N){SHF 
T UXSHFT E}(CTRL 0)":POKE2 
08, 0:GETKEYCOS: GRAPHIC) :RET 
URN : REM* 31 

REM : REM* 22 6 

REM THREE YEARS OF LOSS 

:REM*63 
REM :REM*246 

PRINT" (3 CRSR DNs}(3 CRSR R 
Ts}(SHFT Y)OU"VE LOST MONEY 

FOR MORE THAN THREE YEARS. 
" :REM*33 

PRINT"{CRSR DN){2 CRSR RTs) 
{SHFT UjNCLE (SHFT S)AM DOE 
SN'T LIKE THAT." :REM*128 
PRINT"(11 CRSR RTs) (SHFT Y) 
OU' RE THROUGH! 1 !" :REM*26 
SLEEP3:PRINT"{2 CRSR DNs)(6 

CRSR RTs} (SHFT A) RE YOU BR 
OKE?" :REH*23 

PRINT"(SHFT W}ELL LET (SHFT 

U)NCLE (SHFT S)AH HELPl" 

:REM*215 
PRINT" (CRSR DN)1SHFT K}ERE' 
S S5000 TO TRY AGAIN!" 

:REM*6 5 
SLEEP2:TA=1 : RETURN :REH+115 
REM :REM*6 9 

REM PENNY STOCK OPTION 

:REM*232 
REM :REM*8 9 

F0RP=1T06: IFSV(P)<10THENX=P 
:P=6:GOTO500 :REM*106 

NEXT :REH*96 

RETURN : REM* 122 

CR = INT(RND(0)*204-1 ) :IFCR=5T 
HENS0UND1 ,4000,60,1 ,2000,20 
00:GOTO520 :REH*4e 

RETURN :REM*142 

SV ( X ) = 30 ; G0SUB8 1 : RETURN 

:REM*205 
REM :REM*163 

REM DIVIDENDS :REM*114 
REM :REM*183 

FDRP=1T06: IFSV( P) > 1 00THENX= 
P:P=6:GOTO590 :REM*154 
NEXT :REM*190 

RETURN :REM*208 

DV= INT ( RND ( ) * 1 + 1 ) : IFDV= 5T 



ILLUSTRAl'El) BY MARCEL DUROCHER 



NOVEMBER 198!) RUN 65 



WALL STREET 



HENDV = INT(RND(0)*lf) + 10):DC= 
DV*NS(X) :CH=CH+DC:G0T061 

:REM*160 
500 RETURN :REM+228 

610 GRAPHIC0:PRINTCHRS( 19)+CHRJ 
(19) + "(SHFT CLRXCTRL 2) {6 
CRSR DNs)"SPC(2)"{SHFT A} D 
IVIDEND OF"DD$DV" IS BEING 
PAID ON:" : REM*! 72 

620 PRINTSPC(20-(LEN(S$(X) )/2) ) 
S$(X) ;REH*2Z 

630 IFNS(X)=0THENPRINT"(2 CRSR 
DNs)"EPC(7)"{SHF'r T)00 BAD 
YOU DON'T OWN ANY ! " : ELSEPRI 
NT" {2 CRSR DNS}"SPC{12}"{SH 
FT Y)OU EARNED "DDSDC"!" 

:REM*240 

640 PRINT"(2 CRSR DNs ) "SPC( 9 ) " { 

SHFT P)RESS A KEY TO CONTIN 

UE" : REM*! 31 

650 GETKEYG$:GRAPHIC1 :G0SUB11 30 

iRETURN :REM*98 

660 REM :REM*32 

670 REM STOCK MARKET CRASH 

:REM*143 

680 REM :REM*52 

690 FORP= 1 TOG : IFSV( P ) > 1 00THENX= 

P:P=G:GOTO720 :REM*137 

7 00 NEXT : REM* 61 

710 RETURN :REM*87 

720 CR=INT(RND(0)*20+] ) :IFCR=3T 

HENS0UND3 ,5000,100,2, 500, 1 

00,3:GOTO740 :REH*96 

730 RETURN :REM*107 

740 SV{X)=INT(SV(X)/3) :GOSUB810 

: RETURN :REM*213 

7 50 REM : REM* 126 
760 REM MARKET CHANGES :REM*81 
770 REM :HEM*146 
780 X=INT(RND(0)*6+1 ) :Y=INT(RND 

(0t*10+l ) :REM*146 

790 Z=INT(RND(0)*2+1 ):IF2=2THEN 

Y=0-Y :REM*0 

800 SV(X)=SV{X)+Y :REM*223 

810 GOSUB840:GOSUB870:IFSK(X)=1 

THENRETURN:ELSE: SV$ ( X ) =STRS 

ISV{X)) :REM*80 

820 W=(((X+5)«2)+1 ):C0L0R1 ,X+1: 

CHAR1,7, ( ((X+5)*2) + l },"(32 

SPACES}" :CHAR1 , 7 , ( ( ( X+5 ) *2 ) 

+1 ) ,GL$+SVS{X) :IFSV(X)=120O 

REV(X) = lTirBNSKtX} = 1 :REM*215 

830 SLEEPl :RETURN ;REM*155 

840 IFSV(X)t=0THENSV(X)=0 

:REM*166 
850 IFSV(X)>120THENSV(X)=120 

:REM*167 

860 RETURN :REM*233 

870 GLJ="":IFSV(X)=120THENGL$=G 

S$+GSS :REM*85 

880 rFSV(X) <120ANDSV(X)>1THENSK 

(X!=0 : REM* 38 

8 90 IFSV(X)=0THENGL$="":SG=28:G 

OSU0201 : NS (X ) =0 : NS$ ( X ) =STR 

${NS(X)) :REM*38 

900 GL$=GL$+GS$:SG=INT(SV(X)/10 

):IFSG(1THENGOTO920 ;REM*7 
910 FORQ=1T0SG:GLS=GL$+GS$+GS$: 

NEXT :REM*81 



920 SG=28-LEN(GL$):IFSG=0THENRE 

TURN : REM* 43 1180 

930 F0RQ=1T0SG:GL$=GL$+SPS:NEXT 

:REM*48 
940 RETURN :REM*62 

950 REM :HEM*65 

960 REM TRADING BOARD DISPLAY 

: REM* 51 

970 REM :REM*93 

980 COL0R1 ,2:GRAPUIC1 , 1 :B0X1 ,2, 

2,317, 197:COLOR1 ,3:CHAR1 , 10 

,1,"(CTRL N}{SIIFT WIALL {SH 

FT S)TREET {SHFT SUMULATER 1190 

"iCOLORI ,2:DRAW1 ,2,20TO317, 

20:DRAW1 ,2,90TO31 7,90:DRAW1 

,1 58, 20TO1 58,90 ;REM*120 

990 F0RX=1TO6:NS$(X)=STRS(NS(X) 

):CM(X)=SV(X)*NS(X):CMJ{X)= 

STR$(CM(X) ) :CS$(X)=STR$(X)+ 

PS-*NES(X) : REM* 6 3 

1000 IFCM(X)=VA(X)THEN1030:EI,SE 

VA(X)=CH(X> :REM*166 

1010 IFLEN(CS$(Xn<9TiiENCS$(X)= 1200 

CS5(X)+SP$:GOTO1010 

:REM*253 
1020 IFLEN{CM$(X) )<7THENCMS(X)= 

CM$(X)+SP$;GOTO1020 1210 

:REM*1 49 
1030 NEXT ;REM*1 40 1 220 

1040 COLOR1 ,7:CHAR1 ,3,3,"ICTRL 1230 

N}fSHFT N)0.(SHFT S}HARES/ 1240 
tSHFT V]ALUE" :REM*16 1250 

10S0 IFTT=1TilENTT=0:CHAR1 ,1 ,T+4 1260 
,"{17 SPACES}" :REM*159 1270 

1060 COLOR! ,B:F0RX = 5T01 0:CilARl , 1280 
1 ,X,CS$(X-4) :CHAR1 ,1 0,X,DD 
$+CM$(X-4 ) :NEXT: IFUP=1TKEN 
UP=0: RETURN : REM* 81 1290 

1070 F0RX=1T06:X$=STRS{X) :SSS(X 
)=X$+P$+LEFT$(S$(X),3)+SP$ 
:NEXT :REM*77 

1080 FORX=13T023STEP2:CHAR1 , 1 ,X 1300 
,SSS( ( (X-1 )/2)-5) :NEXT 

:REM*126 1310 
1090 COLOR1 ,3:CHAR1 ,7,12,"0 1 2 
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 1! 12" 

:REM*126 13 20 
1100 FORX=1T06:SV$(X)=STR$(SV(X 
) ) :NEXT :REM*162 

1110 FORX=! 3TO23STEP2:C0L0R1 , ( ( 
(X-1 }/2)-4l :CHAR1 ,7,X,"{1 1 
COMD +s)":C[!ARl ,35,X,SVS{ 
( (X-1 }/2) -5) :NEXT :KEH*181 
1 120 COLOR1 ,8:CHAR1 ,22, 3, "{CTRL 
N)'{SHFT S}{SHFT P}{SHFT 
AKSHFT C){S1!FT E} ' TO BUY 
":CIJAR1 ,22,4,"{CTRL MAND 
SELL STOCK." :REM*2 30 

1130 C0L0R1 ,6:C!!AR1 ,24,6,"{CTRL 1330 
N1{SHFT C}ASH ON {SHFT HJ 
AND":CM$=STR$(CH):CHAR1 ,26 
,7," (10 SPACES}": (2 SPACES 1340 
)CIIS = DDS + CMS!CKAR1 ,26,7,CIJ 
$;RETURJ>I :REM*119 

1140 REM :REM*6 

1150 REM BUY SELL MENU :REM*126 13 50 
1160 REM :REM*18 1360 

1170 PRINT" (SHFT CLR ) " :GRAPHIC0 
: COLOR0 , 1 : WIND0W7 ,4,35,20, 



1 :REM*7 

PRINT" (CTRL 4} (2 CRSR DNs) 

(3 CRSR HTs)1. {SHFT B}UY 

(SIJFT SITOCK": PRINT" {CRSR 
DN){3 CRSR RTe}2. {SHFT S) 
ELL (SirFT S}TOCK":PRINT"{C 
RSR DN){3 CRSR RTs)3. {SHF 
T I)NSTRUCTI0NS":PRINT"(CR 
SR DN)(3 CRSR RTs)4. (SHFT 

g)UIT": PRINT" (CRSR DN}{3 
CRSR RTslS. (SHFT R)ETURN 
TO {SHFT MIARKET" :REM*111 
PRINT" {2 CRSR DNs} (3 CRSR 
RTs}(CTRL 9) (COMD 1 t (SHFT 
E}(SHFT N}{SHFT T)(SHFT E) 
{SHFT R}{SHFT SPACE! (SHFT 
N}{SHFT U}(SHFT M){S!)FT B} 
{SHFT E){SHFT R) {SHFT SPAC 
E){SHFT T}{SHFT 0) {SHFT SP 
ACE) {SHFT C}{SHFT H}(2 SHF 
T OsJ{SHFT S){SHFT E){CTRL 

0)" :REM*113 

GETKEYMS:M=VAL{M$}:IFM<10R 
M>5THEN1200;ELSEIFM=5THENG 
RAPHICl :GOSUBn30:UP = 1 :GOS 
UB990: RETURN : REM*21 7 
ONMGOSUBI 260, 1440,1 590, 176 
;REM*226 

GOTO1170 :REM*6 

BLOCKS FREE. :REM*203 
REM BUY OPTION :REM*54 
REM :REM*116 

RV=0 :REM*200 

WINDOW6,4,35,20,1 rREM*166 
PRINT" {HOME} {CTRL 4}" : FOR 
X=1T06:X$=STR$(X) :IFX=RVTH 
ENPRINT"(CTRL 9}"; :REM*187 
PRINT"{3 CRSR RTs}"+X$+P$+ 
S${X)+" "; :PRINTTAB(20)tDD 
S+SVS(X)+"{CTRL 0)":NEXT 

:REM*107 
IFRT=!THENRT=0:PRINT"{5 CR 
SR DNh}":RETURN :REM*113 
PRINT" {CRSR DNK4 CRSR RTs 
}{SHFT C)ASH on HAND: "tCH 
S :REM*213 

PRINT" {CRSR DN}{CTRL 9) {CO 
MD 1}{SHFT E}{SHFT N){SHFT 

T}{SHFT E}{SHFT R) {SHFT S 
PACE] {SHFT N}{SHFT U) {SHFT 

M){SHFT 8} (SHFT E) {SHFT R 
){SHFT SPACE} (SHFT T) {SHFT 

0}{SHFT SPACE} {SHFT P} (SH 
FT U){SHPT R){SHFT C) {SHFT 

H)(SnFT A) {SHFT S){SHFT E 
}{SHFT SPACE) (SHFT S)(SHFT 

T){SHFT 0}(SHFT C)(SHFT K 
)" :REM*221 

PRINT"(CRSR DN}{CTRL 9)(SH 
FT EjNTER '0' FOR NO PURCH 
ASE" :REM*234 

GETKEYN$:N=VAL(N$) :IFN<0OR 
N>6TIiEN1 340:ELSEIFN = 0THENP 
RINTCHHS (19) CHR$ (19): RETUR 
N :REM*92 

RV=N:RT=1 :G0SUB1 280:REM*23 
PRINT" (CRSR DN}{2 CRSR RTs 
}{SHFT H)0W MANY SHARES "; 
:REM*253 



66 RUN NOVEMBER I'JH!) 



WALL STREET 



1400 

1410 
1420 
1430 
1440 

\i50 



1460 



1370 INPUTHS$:HS=VAL(HS$):IFHS= 
<0TKENGOTO1260 : REM* 37 

1 380 AM=HS*SV(N) ; IFAM>CHTiiENPRI 
NT'MCRSR DM} (CTRL 3KCTRL 
9){CRSR RTHSHFT Y)OU DON' 
T HAVE ENOUGH MOMEYi":SLEE 
P2:GOTO1260 :REM*15 

1390 CH=CH-AM:CHI=DD$+STR$(CH) 

:REM*G8 
NS[N)=NS(N)+HS:NSS(N)=STKS 
(NS(N) ):GOTO1230 :REM»107 
REM : REM* 2 3 

REM SELL OPTION :REM+Z54 
REM :REH*35 

WINDOW! ,4,39,20,1 :RT=0:RV= 
:REM*110 

F0RX=1TO6;X$=STR5(X) : IFRV= 
XTHENPR1NT"{CTRL 9}"; 

:REM*206 
PRINT" (CTRL 4)"XSP$S$1X) ; : 
PR1NTTAB(14)NS$(X); iPRINTT 
AB( 20 ) SHJSP$AK$ ; : PRINTTAB( 
30)DD$SV3{X)"{CTRL ) " : HEX 
T:IFRT=1THENRT=0: RETURN 

:REM*187 

14 70 PRINT"ICRSR DN){9 CRSR RTs 
){CTRL 9)(C0MD 1){SHFT S)t 
SHFT E)(2 SHFT Ls}(SHFT SP 
ACEKSHFT W){SHFT iil (SHFT 
I) (SHFT CUSUFT H)(SHFT SP 
ACE) (SHFT S){SHFT TUSHFT 
0)(SHFT C) (SHFT K}?" 

: REM* 21 5 

1480 PRINT" (CRSR DN ) { 6 CRSR RTs 
)(CTRL 9) (SHFT E) {SHFT N) { 
SHFT THSHFT El (SHFT R)'0' 
(SHFT SPACE) (SHFT T)(SHFT 
0)(SHFT SPACEHSHFT SKSHF 
T E){2 SHFT LsKSHFT SPACE 
){SHFT N)(SHFT O) {SHFT N) ( 
SHFT El." :REM*206 

14 90 GETKEVNS:N=VAL(N$) :IFN<0OR 
N>6THEN14 90 : REM* 6 4 

1 500 IFPJ = 0THENPRINTCHRS (19) CHRJ 
n 9 ) " ( SHFT CLR ) " : RETURN 

:REM*6 

1510 IFNS(N)<1THENPRINT"{CRSR D 
N](2 CRSR RTs) {CTRL 9){CTR 
L 3 M SHFT Y}OU DON'T OWN A 
NY OF THAT STOCK. ": SLEEP2 : 
GOTO1440 :REM*79 

1520 RV=N:RT=1 : PRINT" {HOME}"; :G 
OSUB1450:RV=0:PRINT"(5 CRS 
R DNs)" :REM*3 

1530 PRINT" {CRSR DN){4 CRSR RTs 
)(CTRL 9} {SHFT S)ELL HOW H 
ANY SHARES "; :REM*169 

1 540 INPUTHS$:HS=VAL(HS$) :IFHS< 
=0THEN1 440 :REM*64 

1 550 IFHS>NS(N)THENPRINT" (CRSR 
DNK4 CRSR RTs) (CTRL 3 ) (CT 
RL 9} (SHFT Y)OU DON'T OWN 
THAT MANY!":SLEEP2:GOT0144 
:REH*176 

1560 NS(N)=NS(N)-HS:CH=CH+(HS*S 
VfN) ):CHS=STH$(CH) :NS${N)= 
STRS{NS(N)) :REM*2 

1570 IFNS(N)=0THEfJT=N:TT=1 

:REM*73 



1580 
1 590 
1600 
1610 
1620 



1 530 



1631 



1632 



1640 



1S50 



1660 



1670 



1660 



1690 



1714 



1700 



GOTOl 440 :REM*122 

REM : REM* 195 

REM INSTRUCTIONS :REM*134 
REM :REM*223 

PRINT" {SHFT CLR) {CTRL 3!": 1710 
COLOR0, 1 5:PRINTCilR${19)+CK 
R${19) :REM*153 

PRINTSPCd 5)"{SHFT I) (SHFT 

N){SHFT S)(SHFT T)(SHFT R 1711 
){SHFT U){SHFT C) (SHFT T) { 
SHFT I) {SHFT O) {SHFT N){S!i 
FT S)" : REM* 160 

PRINT" {CRSR DN){2 SPACES) { 
SHFT T}HIS STOCK MARKET GA 
ME IS SET AT A(4 SPACES )FU 
TURE TIME WHEN THE MARKET 
HAS BEEN (4 SPACES ) GREATLY 
DEREGULATED. {2 SPACES) (SHF 
T B)ECAUSE OF THIS (3 SPACE 1712 
s)THE MARKET HAS BECOME"; 

: REM* 61 
PRINT" HIGHLY VOLATILE. (2 
SPACES K SHFT BJECAUSE OF T 
HIS VOLATILITY ALL PURCHAS 1713 
ES ARE CASH ONLY. ": REM* 251 
PRINT: PRINT" (2 SPACES) (SHF 
T T)HE MAIN IDEA IS TO BUY 

LOW AND SELL {2 SPACES )HIG 
H TO TURN A PROFIT, (SHFT 
T)HE BOARD CHANGESA MAXIMU 
M OF 10 POINTS AT A TIME. " 
; :REM*125 

PRINT" (SHFT T)HE{3 SPACES 
) PRICE CHANGES AND AMOUNTS 

ARE CHOSEN {4 SPACES )RANDO 
MLV. {SHFT T)HERE ARE ONLY 

4 EXCEPTIONS {3 SPACES) TO 1715 
THE BASIC RULES." :REM*154 
PRINT" (CTRL 1}{5 CRSR DNs) 
"SPC(Q)"{SHFT P)RESS ANY K 
EY TO CONTINUE" :GETKEyQ$ 

:REM*93 
PRINT"{CTRL 3) {SHFT CLR) {C 
RSR DN)1. {SHFT A) NY STOCK 1716 

OVER $100 MAY CRASH. (SHF 
T I)F IT CRASHES A SOUND W 
ILL BE HEARD AND THE (3 SPA 
CBs) STOCK WILL DROP TO 1/3 

OF IT'S CURRENT (2 SPACES) 
VALUE." :REM*19 1717 

PRINT" (CRSR DN)2. (SHFT A) 
NY STOCK OVER SI 00 MAY ALS 
PAY A{3 SPACES) DIVIDEND 
OF $10 TO $19 PER SHARE, ( 1720 
SHFT y)QU(3 SPACES )WILL BE 

INFORMED AND THE HONEY AD 

DED TO YOUR CASH ON HAND." 

:REM*240 

PRINT" {CRSR DN)3. {SHFT A) 

NY S'roCK $10 AND UNDER MAY 

DROP TO{2 SPACES )$0. (SHF 1730 
T I)F SO ANY STOCK YOU OWN 

WILL BECOME WORTHLESS AND 1740 

WILL BE REMOVED EVEN IF T 
HE STOCK RECOVERS FROM $0. 
:REM*166 
PRINT" (CRSR DN)4. (SHFT A) 1750 
NY STOCK UNDER J10 MAY JUM 1760 
P SUDDENLY TO $30 (THE ONL 1770 



Y EXCEPTION TO THE $10(2 S 
PACES )GAIN LIMIT) AS CHEAP 

{PENNY) STOCKS {5 SPACES )S 
OMETIMES DO." :REM*121 
PRINT"{CTHL 1){2 CRSR DNs) 
"SPC{8)"{SHFT P}REES ANY K 
EY TO CONTINUE" :GETKEYQ$ 

:REM*203 
PRINT" {SHFT CLR) {CTRL 3) {2 

CRSR DNs) {3 SPACES) (SHFT 
Y)OU ARE TAXED AT A RATE 
F 25* EACH(2 SPACEsJYEAR. { 
2 SPACES) {SHFT J)UST AS TH 
E MARKET REGULATIONS ( 3 SPA 
CEs)HAVE CHANGED, {SHFT U) 
NCLE {SHFT S}AM HAS CORREC 
TED {3 spaces) SHORTCOMINGS 
IN THE "; :REM*21 1 

PRINT"TAX LAWS AS WELL. {3 
SPACES) {SHFT B)ECAUSE OF T 
HESE YOUR TAXES ARE GUARAN 
- TEED TO BE PRETTY STEEP. 
:REM*39 
PRINT" {CRSR DN}{3 SPACES) { 
SHFT T)HE TAXES ARE FIGURE 
D NOT ON PROFITS BUT ON IN 
CREASED NET WORTH AND WHAT 
EVER DIVIDENDS YOU HAVE EA 
RNED THROUGH THE (3 SPACES) 
YEAR. "; :REM*115 

PRINT" (SHFT DOSSES HOWEVE 
R ARE NOT DEDUCTIBLE. {SHF 
T A) LSD EVEN IF YOU HAVE A 

LOSS YOU STILL MUST PAY T 
AXES ON EARNED DIVIDENDS," 
; :REM*S4 

PRINT" (5 SPACES) {SHFT S)IN 
CE TAXES ARE FIGURED ON NE 
T WORTH BUT TAKEN FROM YOU 
H CASH ON HAND THIS COULD 
LEAVE YOU WITH A MINUS FIG 
URE IN YOUR (2 spaces) CASH 
ON HAND."; :REM*213 
PRINT" {2 spaces} {SHFT T)HI 
S IS NO REAL PR0BLEM{2 SPA 
CEs)DUT DOES REQUIRE YOU T 
O SELL STOCK {6 S PACES )BEFO 
RE BEING ABLE TO BUY ANY M 
ORE. {2 spaces)" :REM*45 
PRINT" (CTRL 1}{2 CRSR DNs) 
"SPC(8)"{SHFT P)RESS ANY K 
EY TO CONTINUE" :GETKEYO$ 

:REM*240 
PRINT" {SHFT CLR) (CTRL 3) {3 

CRSR DNs) {SHFT I)F YOUR 
NET WORTH DROPS BELOW $100 

THEN YOU ARE TOO POOR TO 
BE ALLOWED TO STAY ON THE 
TRADING FLOOR AND THE GAME 

ENDS." : REM* 16 

PRINT" (CRSR DN){2 SPACES ){ 
SHFT G)OOD LUCK." :REM*93 
PRINT"(CTRL 1}{2 CRSR DNs) 
"SPC{8)"{SHFT P)RESS ANY K 
EY TO CONTINUE" :GETKEYO$ 

:REM*233 
RETURN : REM*99 

REM : REM* 104 

REM QUIT :REM*233I 



NOVEMBER 1989 RUN 67 



WALL STREET 



REM^l 4 3 
REM*! 7 5 
: REM* 8 5 


1930 
1940 


CRSR DN 





1780 REM :REM*1 32 

1790 PRINT" (SHFT CLRJ {CTRL 1)"+ 191f) 
CHR${19)+CHR$(19) :COLOR0,'l 
: PRINT" {7 CRSR DNs)"SPC(12 
)"(SHFT A)RE YOU SURE? [SH 
FT Y)/(SHFT N)" :REM*89 

1800 GETKEYQ$;IFQ$="N"TilENRETUR 1920 

N 
1810 IPQS="Y"THEN1830 
1820 GOTO1800 
1830 PRINT" (SHFT CI,RH6 

s]"SPC{9)"(SHFT YIOUR FINA 

L NET WORTH WAS" :HEM»214 

1840 PRINT"(CRSR DN)"St*C(20-(LE 

N(NW$)/2) )DDSNW$ :REM+156 1950 
1 850 END :REM + !89 

1360 DATA" (CTRL N}{SHFT DNDUST 
RIALS", "{CTRL NKSHFT GIOL 
D","(CTRL N}{SHFT EULVER" 1960 
/'(CTRL NJCSHFT C}ATTLE"," 
(CTRL NltSllFT G)RAIN","(CT 
RL N){SHFT OOMPUTERS" 

:REM*127 1970 
1870 REM :REM*218 

1880 REM NET WORTH :REM*128 1980 
1890 REM :REM*246 

1900 NW=0jFORX=1TO6:NW=NW+CM(X) 1990 



:NEXT:NW=NW+CH ;REM*60 2000 
\W$=STRS{NW):COLOR1 ,9:CIIAR 2010 
1 ,25, 9, "(CTRL NXSHFT NfET 2020 
{SItFT W}0RTH":C(rAR1 ,26,10 2030 
,DD$+NW$+SP$+SP$+SP$ 2040 

:REM*132 2050 
IFNW<!00THENSLEEP1 : GOTO! 94 
:REM*152 2060 

RETURN : REM* 16 

GRAP!IIC0 : COLOR0 , 2 : PRINT" ( S 
HFT CLR)(5 CRSR DN3j{3 CRS 
R RTsHSHFT YIOUR NET WORT 2070 
H HAS FALLEN UNDER $100. 

:REM*124 
PRINT" (3 CRSR RTs}{SHFT Y) 2 080 
OU HAVE BEEN REQUESTED TO 
LEAVE {SHFT W}ALL (SlIFT S} 
TREET." :REM*S0 

PRINT" {3 CRSR RTslfSHFT I) 
F YOU WISH (SHFT I) WILL L 2090 
OAN YOU SS,000 TO TRY AGAI 
N." :REM*63 

PRINT"(2 CRSR DNs}"SPC(18) 2100 
"{SHFT Y)/(SHFT N)":REM*98 
GETKEYANS: IFAN$ = " Y"TilENRLJN 

: REM*! 03 2110 
IFAN$="N"THENEND : REM*! 84 



GOTO1980 :REM*61 

REM :REM*97 

REM LOSE STOCK :REH*132 
REM :REM*117 

I FNS ( X ) = 0THENRETURN : REM* 48 
GRAPHIC0: PRINTCHRS ( 1 9 > +CHR 
S{19) :REM*230 

PRINT" {SHFT CLR)(CTRL 2} {4 

CRSR DNs}"SPC(20-(8+(LEN( 
S$(X) )/2) ) )SS(X)" HAS GONE 

BROKE!" :HEM*124 

PRINT"{CRSR DNH2 CRSR RTs 
){SHFT AILL SHARES OF THIS 

ITEM HAVE BEEN " : REM* 10 
PRINT" {2 SPACES} REMOVED FR 
OM YOUR PORTFOLIO.": PRINT" 
(CRSR DN}{2 SPACES M SHFT A 
) NEW COMPANY WILL QE CHOS 
EN TO" :REM*48 

PRINT" (2 SPACES) REPRESENT 
IT ON THE MARKET BOARD." 

;REM*61 
PRINT" (2 CRSR DNs)"SPC(9)" 
(SHFT P}RESS A KEY TO CONT 
INUE" :REM*82 

GETKEYNS:GRAPUIC1 : RETURN 

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Deep C-64 World 

Undenuaier wonders delight your eyes 
in this colorful electronic aquarium. 



By KEN HUEBNER 



How many limes have ytni 
fount! your favorite I'lsh flu;!!- 
irij{itiyoiiraquarintn— stiil'as 
a lioarcl? Well, liavt; I got a 
treat for ynu! 'I'liis program will turn 
your monitor into a colorful tropical 
aquarium, filled with animated sea- 
horses, angelfisli, turtles and a myriad 
other a(juatit deli|fhls. You'll never huve 
to look al a lifeless (isli again; electronic 
creatures carmot he overied, underfed, 
over- or underheaied. 

Just type in the program i[i Listing 
1, using run's Checksum program to 
make sure you catch any typing errors, 
save a copy lo disk and run ir. 'ITien sit 
back, relax and watch your underwater 
world unfold. 

I created tlie Aquarium's multitude 
of creatures from a few sprite images, 
varying their color, width, height and 
sprite/screen priority. The animated 
plants are built from Commodore 
graphics characters. 

VVarning: Before running .'Vtjuarium, 
make sure your cat is in the other room 
and the stopper is in your monitor! B 

Ken Huebner is a software designer who 
mns his own business, called Soflrek. 




Running Instructlona: Typs In Listing 1 , save It to disk and run It. 

Usting 1. AquBrium program. (Awallsfals on HaRun diak. Saa cord at page 44.1 

IjS REM AQUARltJM - K.HUEBtJER : REM* 2 52 

:REM*156 130 SFS="(39 SPACES)" :REM*156 

60 : :REM*118 140 DIM PX(30):DIM PY(30) 

80 U0=1 4336;FI=16384 :REM*34 :REM*146 

90 FX=FI+8:FY=FX+8:FW=FY+B:FH=F 150 : :REM*208 

W+B :REM*2 160 F0RP=1 TO20 : READX, Y: PX( P ) =X : 

100 FS=Flit8:XFD=FS+8: YFD=XFD+G PY( P ) =Y: NEXTP :REM*83 

:REM*2 9 170 DATA 1,4,1,7,1,10,1,13,1,16 

1 10 FA=YFD+a:FF=FA+e:FP=FF+8 :REM*189 

:REM*203 180 DATA 12,9,12,12,12,15 

120 WI=FP+8:WC=WI+8:WT=WCte :REM*228 



190 


DATA 23,2,23,5,23,10,23,14 




:REM*254 


200 


DATA 29,4,29,8,29,12,29,16 




:REM*1 ie 


210 


DATA 4,5,15,10,26,3,32,5 




:HHM*217 


220 


: :REM+23 


240 


Y=UO:READ A$ :REM*23 


250 


B$=MIDS(A$,1 ,20)+MIDJ(AS,22 




,20)tMIDS(AS,43,20>;REH*155 


260 


FOR X=1 TO 59 STEP 2 :REM*8 



RUN it right: C-64 



ILLUSTRATED BY KIM WILSON KVF.RS7, 



NOVKMBF.R 1989 RUN 69 



DEEP 



6 4 WORLD 



270 C$=MID$(B$,X,2):!i$=LEFT$(C$ 

,1 ):L$=RIGHT$(C$,1 ):REM»151 710 
280 H=VAL(HS) :IFH$>"9"THEN H=AS 

C{H$)-55 :REM*111 720 

290 L=VAL(L$):IFL$>"9"THEN L=AS 730 

C(L$)-55 :REM*129 

300 POKEY, ri*16+L :REM*3 740 

310 Y=Y+1 :NEXTX:READAS :REM*n 
320 IFA${>""THEN 250 :REH*197 750 
330 : :REM*133 

350 GOSUBB10:POKE53276,255 760 

:REM*38 
360 POKE 53285, 0:POKE 53286,1:5 770 

YSOO : REM* 96 

370 GOSUB900:GOSUE390:GOTO370 780 

:REM*25 790 

380 : :REM*183 800 

390 I=-1 :IFRND(0)).9 THEN RETUR 810 

N :REM*45 820 

400 1=1+1 :IEI>7THEN RETURN 

:REM+127 330 
410 IFPEEK(ri+I)>0THEN400 

:REM*139 840 
420 T=IHT(RND(0)*6)+1 :REM*139 
430 YD = 0:XD=255:IFRND(0)>.5THEfI 
XD=1 :REM*1 27 

440 X = 0:IFXD=255THEfJX = 170 850 

:REM»247 860 
450 Y=INT{RND{0)*145)+45 

:REM'243 870 
460 XE=INT{RND(0)*2) :yE=INT(RND 

(0)*2J :REM»n5 880 

470 S=INT(RND(0)+100)+48 

:REM*133 890 

480 A=2fOP ARR0WHINT(ABS(S-1 20 900 

)/32)+2) :REM*117 910 

490 F=0:IFXD=2S5THEN F=l 920 

: REM* 120 
500 P = IfJT(RND(0)*2) :REM*78 930 
510 C=INT{RND(0)*16) :1FC=6THENC 940 

=8 :REM*119 

520 : :REM*64 950 

530 IFT=3THENA={A*2)+A :REM*123 
540 IFT=4TliENA=tflS=INT(S/2):YD= 960 
255 :REM*157 970 

550 IFT=5THEN S=S+50 :REM*23 
560 IF T>3 THEN 690 :REM*21 3 
570 Z=I :REM*21 5 

580 Z=Z+1 :IFZ>7THEN 690 :REM*23 980 
590 IFPEEK(FI+Z)>0THEN580 

:REM*104 
600 POKEWI + I,Z:POKE WT4-I,40:POK 

E WC+I,1 : REM* 9 5 990 

610 ZO=RND{0)»70 :REM*1 34 1000 

620 y=60+ZO:YD=255:GOSUB 730 

:REM*104 1 010 
630 : :REM*178 

640 Y=6+ZO:IFYE=lTHENY=Y+12 

: REM* 2 07 
650 I=Z:S=255:A=8:X=125:C=1 

:REM*160 1020 
660 IFXD=1THENX=X-73:IFXE=lTirEN 
X=X+8 : REM* 125 

670 T=7:XD=0:YD=1 :XE=0:YE=0 

:REM*B0 1030 
680 : :REM*224 

690 IFToe THEN 730 :REM*145 1040 

700 A=0:S=100:YD=254:XD=0:C=0 



: REM* 142 
X=INT(RND{0)*160) :Y=210 

:REM*222 
: :REM*9 

POKEFX + I,X:PQKEFY + l, Y 

:KEM*169 
POKEXFD + 1 , XD : POKEYFD+ I , YD 

:REM*34 
POKEFW+I , XE: POKEFH+I , YE 

:REM*88 
POKE FS + 1 , S : POKEFA+ 1 , A 

:REM*43 
POKEFF+I , F: POKEFP+I , P 

:REM*34 
POKE532a7+I,C 
POKEFI + I , T : RETURN 



REM*250 
:REM*8e 
:REM*89 
REM*118 



iiEM SCR 
POKE53280,0:POKE53281 ,6 

: REM* 201 
PRINT" (SHFT CLR){COMD 2}":Y 
=22:GOSUB1180 :REM»90 

FOR X=1T03: PRINT" {CTRL 9}"+ 
SF$j :NEXTX:PRINTSF$+"i3 SPA 
CEs)1CRSR LF) (SHFT INST) "; 
:REM*1 14 
FOR D=1TO20 :RBM*233 

X=INT(RND(0)*37) :Y=INT(RND( 
0)*2(+21 :REM*69 

G0SUB1 1 80: PRINTTAB(X) " (CTRL 
9) {SHFT W)"; :NEXTD:REM*152 
FORP=1T025:GOSUB 92 0:NEXTP: 
RETURN :REH*89 

: :REM*183 

REM AQUA :REM*41 

P=INT(RND(0)*30)+1 :REM*160 
X=PX(P) : Y=PY{P) :GOSUB 1180 

:REM*89 
IFP>16THEN10B0 :REM*88 

CS="(CTRL 61":IFP>12THENCS= 
"{COMD 6}" :REM*120 

PRINTC$:IFRND(0) >.5 TiiEN 10 
00 :REM*228 

PRINTTAB(X)" " :REM*170 

PRINTTAB(X)"{CTRL 9) (SHFT L 
B,}/ (COMD *)(CRSR RTHSHFT 
LB.H3 SPACES) {CTRL 0}{SHF 
T LB. )" :REM*189 

PRINTTAB(X)"{SHFT LB, 1(2 SP 
ACEs){COMD -HSHFT +){CTRL 
0JISHFT LB.) {2 CRSR RTs} " 

:REM*182 
GOTQ1030 : REM* 18 

} PRINTTAB(X)"{CTRL 9) {COMD 

*)" :REM*189 

i PHlNTTAB(X)"{COMn *)(CTRL 
9) (2 SPACES} (COMD *}(CRSR 
RT){SHFT LB.) {CTRL 9H2 SP 
ACEs)(COMD 'KCTRL 0) " 

:REM*144 
PRINTTAB(X)" {2 CRSR RTs } ( 
COMD *){SHFT +}{CTRL 0HSH 
FT LB.) (2 CRSR RTs) {COMD * 
)" : REM* 6 4 

PRINTTAB(X)"{4 CRSR RTs}(S 
ilFT +)" :REM*176 

PR1NTTAB(X)"(4 CRSR RTs) {S 
HFT +)" :REM*ia6 



1050 
1060 

1070 
1080 
1090 

1100 



1110 

1120 
11 30 

I 1 40 

II 50 

1160 
1170 
1 180 

1190 

1200 
1210 
1220 

1230 

1 240 

12 50 

1260 

1270 

1280 

1290 

1300 

1 310 

1320 

1 330 

1340 

1350 



IPY>1 5THENRETURN :REM*18 
PRINTTAB(X)"(4 CRSR RTsXS 
HFT t)"; : REM* 159 

RETURN :REM*184 

IFP>20THEN1 130 :REM*177 

C$=CHR${INT{RND(0)*7)+1 49) 
:REM*1 59 
PRINTTAB(X)CS+"(COMD *}(CT 
RL 8) (SHFT Q)"+C$+"(SHFT h 
B. )" :REM*173 

PRINTTAfl(X)"(CRSR RT){CTRL 
6) (SHFT -)" : REM* 5 5 

RETURN :REM*234 

X=INT(RND{0)*34) :Y=INT(RND 
(0)*2) :GDSUB11 80 :REM*197 
C5="(CTRL 7}";IFRND(0)>.5 
THEN C$="(CTRL 4)":REM*183 
PRINTTAa(X)CS+"(CTRL 01(5 
COMD is)" 
RETURN 



PRINT" (HOME)"; 

TURN 

P0RZ=1 TOY: PRINT 

RETURN 



:REH*75 

: REM* 19 

:REM*200 

IFY=0THENRE 

: REM* 108 

NEXTZ 

:REM*70 
:REM*59 
r :REM*240 

DATA 782031 39A007A9009900 
40996040881 0F7AE71 38 D00CA 
D14038D7i)38AD1 5 :REM*102 
DATA 038D7138A92E8D1403A9 
388D15035860D8A00720 81 38B 
91840C9012E7440 : REM* 150 
DATA B92040C901 2E7540B950 
40C9012E7640B90040C9 012E7 
3408810DAAD7440 :REM*239 
DATA BD1DD0AD7 5400D1 7D0AD 
76408D1BD0AD73408D15 D04C0 
000E7E9EBEDEEF0 :REM*166 
DATA Fl [510204081 02fl4080BE 
0040CA30A6A5A2394040 C901B 
D72385900BE4840 :REM*154 
DATA F002690C99F807B96040 
D00DB92840C9FF797740 99774 
0904620FC3818B9 :REM*222 
DATA 3840791 040C905903999 
1040980AAAB91 04090^1 D018B 
93040790840C9B5 :REM*80 
DATA 9004C9BF901E99084098 
0AAAB908400A9D00D0B9 793B4 
9FF2D10D090031 9 :REM*1 3 9 
DATA 79338D10D060A9009900 
4060BE6040F02FEBB938 40300 
2CACA8A996040F0 :REM*26 
DATA 1ED96840901CBE5840A9 
009D00409D10408A0AAA 9001 D 
018B9384I349FP69 :REM*131 
DATA 0199384060A9C085FCA9 
39e5FDA9C085FEA93C85 FFA90 
C85FBA03CB1FC20 :HEM*128 
DATA e239C8CB91FE88B1FC20 
823991 FEC8B1FC206239 88889 
1FE88888810E018 : REM* 62 
DATA A5FC694085FC9002E6FD 
18A5FE694085FE9002E6 FFC6F 
BD0C46085FAA20e :REM*21 
DATA 46FA2A488A4A900E6848 
2903F008C903F00'16849 03486 



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DEEP 



6 4 WORLD 



8CAD0E66 
1360 DATA 



:REM*Z15 1450 DATA 



000000000000020 :REM*195 

1370 DATA 00002800000800000800 
000900000980002980A0 29902 
81 9902699982A99 :REM*128 

1380 DATA BA2A99992899A82829A3 
A029A0002980000A8000 0A000 
008000020000080 :REM*150 

1390 DATA 00000020000028000008 
00000800000900000980 80298 
0202990A81990A8 :REM»68 

1400 DATA 9998AA99BAAA9999A899 
98A829A82029A0802980 000A8 
0000A0000080000 :REM*14e 

1410 DATA 20000030000000000000 
00000000000000000000 00000 
000002e00000A00 :HEM*302 

1420 DATA e02AA020AAA82AAABA32 
AA6880AA60002A800002 00000 
A00000000000000 :REM*64 

14 30 DATA 



000000000000028 :REM*179 
1440 DATA 00800A00e02AA0A0AAA8 
2AAABAA2AA5880AAA080 2A800 
00200000A0000^0 :REM*224 



:REM*229 

1460 DATA 000000000000AA0202AA 
8B8AAAAA3AAAE00EAAC0 2BFFE 
02000A0A0002800 :REM*228 

1470 DATA 00000000000000000000 
00000000000000000000 00000 
000000000000000 :REM*201 

1480 DATA 0000ei000000000000000 
AA0202AA8I30AAAAABAAA B00EA 
AE00BFFB8280008 :HEM*110 

1490 DATA 20000A00000000000000 
00000000000000000000 00000 
A00000A00000Ae0 :REM*234 

1500 DATA 000A60000AAA000AAB00 
0A00000A80002AB0002A A0002 
AA0002AA0002A80 :REM»114 

1510 DATA 002A00002A00002e0000 
2820002808000808000A 28000 
2A000Ft'000801A0 :REM+134 

1520 DATA 22070880890200200000 



,,____^, : REM* IS 

1530 DATA 00000000000000000000 



0000000000000E9 :REM*129 
1540 DATA 000020028089082207A0 



S00000 :REM*227 
1550 DATA 00000000000000000000 



000000000000000 ;REM*153 

1550 DATA 000000E92e0000820000 
82000082000082000028 00000 
00A000020800020 :REM*184 

1570 DATA 80002080002080000A00 
0000000000000000000A 00002 
080002080002080 :REM*89 

1580 DATA 000A000000000000A0A0 
0022A8A0220A800A0000 00000 
000000000000000 :REM*156 

1590 DATA 00000000000000000000 
00000000000000000000 00000 
000000000000000 :REM*n2 

1600 DATA 00000000000000000000 
0000000000002A0000A2 200A8 
080280000200000 : REM*22 

1610 DATA A0000000000000000000 
00000000000000000000 00000 
000000000000000 :REM*38 

1620 DATA 00000000000000000000 



00000 
1631 DATA 



:REM*94 
:REM*228 



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Games Gallery 

Vrooom! And you're off on the road to car and 
motorcycle racing fun and excitement! 
By LONNIE BROWN 




RACING SIMULATIONS HAVE im- 
proved greatly since the early days of 
Commodore products. One need only 
run Motor Mania to sec an example of 
a primitive race game. Copyrighted in 
1982, that program gives an overhead 
view of a race-car sprite threading 
its way through Commodore graphic 
characters. 

"Seemed pretty advanced at the 
time," said a friend of mine who recently 
booted up the game. Motor Mania, 
along with Richard IVtty's 'ralladega 
and Shirley Muldowney's Top [micI 
Challenge, comes packaged under the 
Cosmi title. Triple Crown Challenge. 

The back of the box B])orts this com- 
ment about Talladega: "The only things 
missing here are the smell of gas and the 
feel of grit blowing in joiir face," Well, 
seven years ago vvhcn that quote was 
published in a review, yes. Today, the 
simplicity of these racing sinuilatious will 
probabl)' only appeal to new Commo- 
dore computer owners or to youngsters. 

The real grit-in-your-face motoring 
action can be found in releases from 
the past year or so. You'll encounter 
varying degrees of realism, from care- 
free arcade fun to games so life-like that 
you'll want to make sure there's a spare 
tire in the trunk. Today's programs lit- 
erally put you in the driver's seal, com- 
plete with rear\'ievs' mirrors and radar 
detectors. 

You can travel hundreds of miles, 
break several land-speed records and 
wreck thousands of dollars in expensive 
vehicles. All it takes is the right software 
and, in the case of crack-ups, some 
sloppy joystick work. 

The packages are all relatively inex- 
pensive; most cost less than a Ferrari 
hubcap or Honda handle grips. 

Pocket Rockets 

Pocket Rockets is t^apcom's motorcy- 
cle racing game. It pits one player 
against the stopwatch for a quarter- mile 
run or a lap around a serpentine track. 
You can hop aboard one of four motor- 
cycles—Suzuki Kaiana, Kawasaki Ninja, 
Yamaha F2R or Honda Hurricane. 




Leon into those turns an ono at four Pocket 
nockcts' matorcyclos. 

Timing lights get you going. Hit the 
firebutton too soon, and you're flagged 
for a false start. Rev the engine too high 
before popping tlie clutch, and your on- 
screen persona falls on the asphalt as 
the raging cycle takes off. 'The program 
tracks and records your fastest time for 
the session. 

Tve been less than impressed with 
previous Capcom offerings, but Pocket 
Rockets is a debnile improvement. I 
even found myself leaning into the 
turns while watching (the view is from 
behind tlie motorcycle) my on-screen 
driver race on the lap track. 

Out RUN; 
Action Fighter 

Sega's Out Run is pure driving fun. 
Converted from the arcade, this race- 
against-ihe-stopwatcli game begins with 
a bird's-eye view of a map, which illus- 
trates the way to live possible destina- 
tions across three intervening levels. 

Quickness counts here, because if you 
reach the finish of one level before dme 
runs out, the leftover is added to the 
next route. 

The \'iew is from behind the car, so 
you can not only watch the crashes, but 
also watch the passenger knock the 
driver over the head for running into 
a tree. 

Two radio stations provide pace-set- 
ting tunes. Like the radio, the gear shift 
offers only two choices: the firebutton 



toggles between high and low. 

The scenery changes from level to 
level. It whizzes by smoothly and pro- 
vides enough variadon so you don't feel 
as if you're running around in circles. 

Oiu Run keeps track of high scores, 
but doesn't record them to disk, so each 
Stan is a iresh start. 




Se^a'ti Action Fightor takos ycu an an 
arcada Hde that tests ycur driving and 
shaacing skills. 

Action Fighter is another Sega arcade 
ride. An overhead view shows "the in- 
credible, transformable combat vehi- 
cle," h starts oui as a motorcycle, but if 
you drive well enough, it transforms 
into a sports car. 'The metamorphosis 
is complete when two turbojets turn the 
car into an airborne ranger. 

Picking up capsules along the way 
advances you to higher levels. Every so 
often, an equipment truck pulls up, 
swallows the current vehicle and re- 
tiu-ns it, with additional firepower, to 
the streets. 

Any similarity between Action Fighter 
and a driving simulation is purely coin- 
cidental. But the game does a good job 
of blending speed and arcade sbcwt- 
'cm-up. 

Test Drive; 
The Duel 

Moving down the road to realism. 
Accolade's Test Drive and its sequel, 
'The Duel, bring nearly everything but 
the new-car smell to the computer, 
'These two products come very close to i 



NOVEMBER i989 ■ R U N 7S 



GAMES GALLERY 




Test Drive puts you behind the wheel of a 
Ferrsri, Lamfaarghini, Lotus, Porsche or 
Corvette. 

replacing Commodore's 8-bU chip with 
a V-8 engine! 

The first complaint users had with 
Test Drive was that they coultJ only drive 
one car at a time. That's why Accolade 
introduced Test Drive 11: The Duel in 
which users ctjult! race a Feirari F40 or 
a Porsche 959 against the clock or each 
other. So what have they found to com- 
plain about next? The fact that there are 
only two dream \ehicles to race! 

Accolade must have anticipated that 
one. The Supe rears is an accessory disk 
that adds five high-powered hoi rods to 
the master disk. And, for those drivers 
who think the scenery is beginning to 
get monotonous, you can try California 
Challenge. 

Still complaining? The Muscle Cars 
should be available by the time you read 
this, as well as a second scenery disk 
called European Challenge. 

.'Vlthough the original tiisks are heav- 
ily copy protected, they include a fea- 




Iinpro\fed rood graphics and more responsive 
cars maiie Test Drive II: The Puol a 
worthwhtlB sequel to Teat Drive, 

ture that lets you make a play disk for 
your favorite cars and driving terrains, 
which considerably cnis doisii on disk 
swappitig. 

Both Test Drives put you in the driv- 



er's scat, where you can look at the 
rear view mirror, gear shift, radar, steer- 
ing wheel, instrument cluster, trip me- 
ter and cI(H:k. The joystick coturols the 
gas pedal and brake, and the firebutton 
replaces the gearshift. 

Here's an illustration of attention to 
programming details: On the European- 
luade cars, the Test Drive speedometer 
measures in kilometers per hour. 

Test Drive is a stickler for statistics, 
showing the best time, average speed 
and total points for each leg of the race, 
as well as overall performance. 

Test Drive didn't need much refine- 
ment when it was introduced, and The 
Duel coiuirmes the tradition. The cars 
in the sequel do respond better, how- 
ever, and there's the big advantage ol' 
e.xtra car and scenery disks. 

Grand Prix Circuit 

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In Grand PrlK Circuit, you must qualify tor 
races in one of theea countries. 

garage: Grand Prix Circuit from Ac- 
colade. If, as the software lawyers say, 
it has the "look and feel" of Test Drive, 
that's because both were designed by 
the same company. Distinctive Soft- 
ware, Inc. 

Grand Prix Circuit has plenty of op- 
tions— three cars (Ferrari, Williams and 
McLaren) with different racing char- 
acteristics and eight tracks on the racing 
circuit. With nine drivers, the roadway 
is more crowded than in Test Drive, but 
at least everyone's going in the same 
direction. The competitors have vary- 
ing ability levels iind different styles of 
racing (the latter being especially no- 
ticeable when your car approaches and 
attempts to pass). 

Cars sustain damage, but going to the 
pits to change ivvo or four tires reduces 
or eliminates that problem. After the 



race, which can be between one and 99 
laps, a screen sfiows your ranking, over- 
all stats and best lap, 

4x4 Off-Road Racing 

Let's assume you're the type vsho just 
can't seem to hold it in the road, no 
matter what you do. Maybe you should 
try a game designed with you in mind; 
Epyx' 4x4 OfT-Road Racing. 




Four-vthccling fanatics will linit a fseting oP 
fun and lascination with Epyx' 4x4 DrfRoad 
Racing. 

The "roadw'ays" on the game's four 
circuits— the Georgia .Mud Fest, the 
Michigan Winter Wreck-off, the Death 
Valley Trek and the B;ija Challenge- 
cut through treacherous country. Each 
roadway is only slightly less grueling 
than the countrysicie it cuts through. 
Yon can easily see the road; it's the sec- 
tion of land covered with old tires, 
limbs, rocks and the skeletons of other 
drivers. 

Tliere are four four-wheelers from 
which to choose for running these 
gauntlets. Each lias seven sets of char- 
acteristics, including gas mileage, ease 
of repair and payload. I'he Auto Marl 
offers a whole raft of goodies, including 
maps, oil, coolant, spare tires and a 
mechanic. 

During the race, the dashboard at the 
bottom of the screen reports speed, 
rpnis and the status of various engine 
components. If a part breaks, and you 
have the right tools (the six-pack from 
the Auto Mart is not one of them), you 
can fix it. If the rigbi parts aren't 
aboard, the game has a Sledgehammer 
option for makeshift repairs. 

More to ComeI 

Still not raced out? Electronic .4rts 
will be distributing a high-priced racing 
machine— the Ferrari F 1/86— in its Fer- 
rari Formula One game. No price had 
been announced at press time, al- 
though it's expected to be less than the 



74 RUN- NOVEMBER lllKll 



GAMES GALLERY 



$350,000 window slicker of the Fl/86. 

Like other racing games, this one of- 
fers a driver's perspective of the road, 
along with 16 dilfereni tracks and seven 
opponents. Players modify their cars 
and test the performance in the Wind 
Tunnel or on the Dynometer. 

The Amiga version of diis game has 
been out for some time, but for the 
C-64, EA has some catching up to do. 
They're trying to offset their late entry 
by promoting I'brnuihi One's strategy 



aspects of engine repairs, critical pit- 
stop decisions, realistic car nuideling 
and a complete racing season. 

Accolade will be adding The Cycles, 
an internaiional Grand Prix racing 
game that looks to be a two-wheel take- 
off on its Grand Prix Circuit disk. 

Joining the ranks of computer motor- 
cycle racing will be Data East's Super 
Hang On. Converted from the arcade, 
bikers will be able to rev it up to 1 60 mph 
while traversing different continents. 



Well, there's the checkered flag. 
We've come to the fmish line. You go 
over there to the winner's circle and tell 
them how you won (he race. 

Me? I'm going to Driver Improve- 
ment School. ■ 

Lonnie Brown, computer columnut for 
The Ljedger (Lakeland, Floridet) and fre- 
quent contributor to RUN, won the 1988 
Software I'ubihher's Association award for 
best reporting of computer news. 



Tabta t. Racing hints anit tips. 






Pocket Rockets 






—Watch the speedometer in the 


spot curves in the road and practice. 


Start off slow with the Ferrari on 


quarter-mile event to get an idea of 


passing. Use auto-shift until you've 


practice laps. 


when to shift. If your motorcycle isn't 


thoroughly mastered the throttle. 


— Use the rearview mirrors on either 


climbing steadily, or its climb is slow- 


speed and steering. 


side of the car to find out where a 


ing noticeably, it's time for another 


—Better stop for the police officer. 


competitor might pass. Edge to that 


gear. 


unless you're on a fairly straight 


sitle of the road to cut hitn off. 


—Watch the background— particu- 


stretch of road and can drive like a 


— Practice going into the turns fast, 


larly the bridge— on the la]) track. It 


demon. You won't outrun him un- 


hut find out where the last possible 


gives you an idea of where you are 


less you can go very, very fast. 


f)lace is to hit the brakes. If you can 


and which direction the track turns. 


— In two-player games, follow your 


hold off the brake pedal, you have 




opponent. Hang back, watch his mis- 


a better chance of passing another 


Out Run 


takes and learn. Pass him only when 


driver. Auto races are won and lost 




you have a feel for the road. 


in the turns— the race is not always 


-Try running with the radio off. 


—Stay as close as possible to the cen- 


to the swift, but the cagey. 


[Jstening to the engine is a quick 


ter line. You'll he able to move faster 




way to tell which gear you should be 


out into the left lane when oncoming 


4x4 Off-Road Racing 


in. 


traffic clears. 




—Rather than pulling back on the 


—Although there is .some raridom- 


— Preparation is im]jortant. Time 


joystick when entering turns, try 


ness involved, oncoming traffic usu- 


spent wisely in the .'\uio Mart can 


dropping into low gear; you won't 


ally has a pattern and likely appears 


pay big dividends later. 


lose as much speed. 


on the same sections of road. 


—Watch the dashboard clock. The 




—An oncoming vehicle is seldom fol- 


race begins at eight A.M and lasts well 


Test Drive*; The Duet* 


lowed by another— at least on the 


iiuo the afternoon. 




lower le\'els. It's almost alway.s a g(M>d 


—Speed isn't everything; extracting 


—Begin at a slow pace. Driving the 


time to pass after a cai- goes by. 


yourself from the mud hog is. 


roads at 25 or 30 miles per hour 






might not be what you came here 


Grand Prix Circuit 


'Hints and tips for these games were 


for, but it's the best way to learn 




provided by Emory Wo7ig, progrmimier 


control of the car, note landmarks, 


—Some Test Drive tips apply here. 


for Distinctive Software. 


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Out Run; Action Fighter 


4X4 Off-Road Racing 


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Beyond Super 

RAMBOaid dQ« just wfijil !ho olhef Hjpy caJd qn Eha market does . lE adds RAM 
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THE 1750 CLONE 

Thanks For The Memory 

Mosi CommtxJoro users are contpnj to uso Ihoif computers 
within (he constraints placed txi therr? by a i^miTcd amount ol 
RAM, Bui softno people want mo*e Martj spoctd Woro power. 
And tfial mearia jusl one thing ^ riKWC mumory 

Power users have long knowr\ thai the idoai sorutior totneir 
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want, There's only one problem. 

You can't find Ihom. 

That's nght. These RAM units are almost impossible lo buy. 
We've always spocalucd m rintjing soJulions to Comrrsodoro 
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Firsl. we bought br^nd now Commodore 17&4 RAM expan- 
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Super Snapshot V4 

When The Going Gets Tough. The Tough Get Enhanced 

A tot ol people are probably loUinig you to got nd ol your Commodofo They say that the e-b<t machines just aren'l 
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Imagmo having a powerful sel ol advanced utilities actually buitl right mto your Commodore's opornting system, 
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The lact is, Ihe cartrtdge just has too many features lo go into detail here, but piclure how you'd (eef about your 
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* Load programs up to ISllmeft faateH 

* Send Screen Dumps to your prinler or Disk Drive, 

* Archive many procjrams Into an unproTected format. 

* Examine and manipulalfl running programs- 

Even Ihe IBM' and the Mac " cani do whal a Commodore can wtien its enhanced with tho Super Snapishol 
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Hm that GcmrTKHlorf t^£s fe«ased Ihe C.1Z3D wilh | 
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Making color printouts ft'oni RUN Paint; finding longer RUN programs for 
downloading; and switching commercial programs to 3 'A-inch format. 
By LOU WALLACE 



QI'm rurrenth luriiuig n program and 
need help to solve a ihonty problem 
with Basic, In this program, I'm trying to 
send data to the printer. The problem is timt 
if the printer is not on, or is offline, then 
the program stops with ti Devirc Not Present 
Error when data is sent. Is there any way 
for the program to fheck for the presence of 
a printer before sending any datnf 

—Jim Hurro 

SHRKVEPORr, VA 

AYoii can have Bjisu; ditck for any 
and \\W tlevice.s (Uiisyihaitied on ilit 
serial Jioi l with just a lew iities of Basic 
code. '1 he seciet is to (i|>en a channel 
to the device with any secondary ad- 
dress, [hen close it and check the status 
variable, (ST). If the variable is a neg- 
ative number, then the device is not 
available. Here's an example. 

10 Oi'tN 4,4,7 

20 CLOSK 1 

SO S = ST 

■10 IK S<0 THEN PRINT "PRINTER 

NtJl" AVAILABLE":GarC) (50 
50 PRINl" "PRINTER ONLINE!" 
60 KNll 

This will work with disk drives as well 
as primers, so you could check for the 
presence oi' extra drives if you need 
tbeni. One thing that niighi cause prob- 
lems is the printer interlace in use. 
Some printer interfaces may not return 
the proper status value if the printer is 
unavailable. 



a I purchased the RUN YVorks appli- 
cations disk, and so far Cm vi'ty happy 
2mth it, except for 07ie thing. RUN Paint 
doe.m't support a color printer like the Oki- 
mate 20; instead it has only black-and-white 
printer support. Are there any printer drivers 
that will print RUN Paint .<^creens on my 
Okimate 20? 

— Si KVK liAKER 
Louisville, KY 

A I don't know of an)', but if you 
need to print screens in color, 
there is a .soimion. RUN Paint saves its 
screens in either Doodle! (loi' High Res- 



olution mode) or Koala (for multicolor 
Metllum Resolution mode) loruiats. If 
you have a program for your Oki mate 
20 color printer that supports these for- 
mats (and they are the most ])o]Hilar 
pidme formats for the t>64), then just 
load your RUN hiiut pictures into that 
program and print them there. 



C^ I'm having a problem with the cliar- 
M acter colors on my C-64, Every char- 
acter comes up in a different color, on both 
a television and my 1702 screen. Any ideas 
as to what I can do about it? 

—TONY Mack 
Kal.-Vj\l\zoo, mi 

It sounds as though you have a 
"^d bad VIC-1 1 graphic chip. Take the 
computer to an atuborized (lonniio- 
dore service center and have ihern 
cheek it out. If die ViC-lI is the source 
of the jjroblem, it can be solved in min- 
utes by just replacing the chip, 

QAre the prograins listed in RUN avail- 
able for downloading from your bul- 
letin board systemt It would save me a lot 
of typing if they were, especially with pro- 
grams like RUN Paint! 

— Chrks'ix")piier Bods 

FLAGSIAI'T, AZ 

A No. All the programs available for 
downloading on the BBS are in 
the public domain, Hoviever, our list- 
ings are for sale on our RcRUN disks. 
We also mainiaiii a special library of 
RUN programs on QuantumLink in ihe 
RUN area. Many can be downloaded 
free of charge (plus Plus Time). Some 
of the bigger projrrams like RUN ihunt 
are in the HUN Online Library (the 
Sinchargc Library) where they can l)c 
dowidoaded for only Sl.fiO extra, tlon- 
sideiiiig the timeit lakes to type in Rf/N 
Paint and all the graphic power it oilers, 
that's got to be the bargain of the year! 



Since 3'/2-inch disks are more conve- 
nient (they are fister and hold a great 



deal more data), I want to switch all my 
u nprotected commercieil programs to that for- 
mat. How can I tell which rfwfa are protected 
before I tiy to copy them ? 

— S. L/WVSON 

Laguna Nk;uel, CA 

A If the software's documentation 
states that you can make copies, 
then the program is probably unpro- 
tected. H' it has custom fast-loaders, 
makes the drive beads bang or make 
other noises, then it may well be a copy- 
protected <lisk. 

The best test, tilconrse, is just lo copy 
the files bom the disk onto the 1581 
drive. Since yrni can't simply use a disk- 
copy program because of lite differ- 
ences between the disk formats, use a 
file-copy utility to copy all the files on 
the source r>'/|-inch disk to the :5'/,-inch 
format; then rim the [nogram. If it 
works, great; but soniedmes even un- 
protected software won't work on the 
1581. This is because it's ex])ecting the 
directory 1 racks to be at track and sec- 
tor 18,0, whereas these are at 40,0 on 
the 1581, 



Q/,( it possible to operate a 9M')0-baud 
modem on a C'6-f or C-128, and if 
so, is there sojiirare available for this? 

-John Tr^vn 
Brooklyn, NY 

A Neither computer is c;ij)able of 
handling telecommunication 
speeds that high. I've seen the CM ^8 
(in 80-Cohimn Fast mode) work at 
240fl-haiid, iuid the results were ((uite 
acceptable. My best bet is that 2400- 
baud is the fastest speed )ou're going 
to get and siill be accurate. ■ 

Do you have a problem or question about 
your Commodore computer system, software 
or programming? Jit.^t semi your questions 
to Commodore Clinic, RUN Magazine, 80 
Elm St., Peterborough, NH 03-158. Qiieries 
are answered only through this column, and, 
due to the volume of mail, only questions 
likely to appeal to the majority of our readers 
can be published. 



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Benefit from this GEOS user's experien.ce and design 
your oxini fantastic fonts with geoFont. 
By STEVE VANDER ARK 



A FEW YL\RS AGO, whilt- setting out 
to tratisform my ordinary C-64 char- 
acter set into a visual feast. I eagerly 
lyped in a (bni editor thai 1 had found 
in a coint)uter tnaga/ine. After several 
aUem])ls, with mixed results, I renli^eti 
that lont design is more than Just rati- 
domly adding serifs. Inilividnaliy, each 
letter that I designed looked great, but 
when used with the others, my creations 
were a jumble. 

So, my interest waned— that is, until 
the advent of GEOS. Suddenly, fotits 
leaped olV the screen antl [Kin red out 
of my primer in styles and variations I 
would never have imagined. I discov- 
ered the joy of word processing with 
professional-looking output, and my in- 
terest in font design was (]uickly rekin- 
dled. GKOS uses real fonts, propor- 
tionally spaced and detailed in all point 
sizes. 

Wanting to invent my own, I picked 
up a copy of Font Pack Phis, which in- 
cludes the ediior, geoFoiil, and 53 ex- 
citing fonts. But with all those, as well 
as some 20 on RUN'S GEOS Power Pak, 
what more was there to create? Surely 
I had more fonts than 1 could possibly 
use— picture fonts like .Xshhury, body 
fonts like Wheeler and Hasie, tlisplay 
fonts like The Vatican, Fog and Amer- 
ica, and unexpected designs like Braille 
and Spook! 

I decided to design my own alphabet. 
Unforttmately, the results were (juite a 
hodgepodge once agaiti, with lots of 
shapes and flourishes that didn't seem 
to gel into a cohesive whole. Before I 
let. frustration ruin my grand ideas, I 
resolved to learn more about what I 
was trying to do. I found an excellent 
book on computer fonts and graphics— 
Desktop I'liblisbmg Text and Graphics, by 
Deke McClelland and Craig DanulofT. 

This book contains an abundance of 
fonts and typefaces, ahmg with exam- 
ples of the various styles thai can be 
created by software or that exist as sep- 
arate fonts. The more unusual varia- 
tions, such as screened, skewed, rotated 
and reflected, gave me ideas for edning 
existing fonts. The infiirmation on de- 



sign and layout taught me a lot ab<iui 
hovv a workable font is put together. 
Using this newfound knowledge, I ere- 
atetl a few nice-looking fonts thai finally 
seemed to work the way I wanted. I 
hope this cohntm will enlighten other 
frustrated font designers. 

Term Talk 

Foots are measured in points, with 
one point on the printed page equal to 
'/;j of an inch, .So, lU-point University, 
for example, stands %., ('/!■,) of an inch 
tall. But '/,; of an inch from where to 
where? Tlie letter "f" is a lot taller th.m 
"o," and some letters have descenders, 
which add even more to the overall si/e. 
The rule is that a font's point mc is 
measured from the bottom of its de- 
scenders to the top of its ascenders— 
from the bottom ()f a "q," for exaiuple. 
to the top of a "d." 'Fwo 12-point fonts 
might have different proportions and 
even appear to be of different sizes 
when printed out, but their top-to-bot- 
ttmi measurements will be the same— 
'/b of an inch. 

On a GEOS screen, one point uaiis- 
lates into one pixel, which makes font ed- 
iting fairly straightforward: If you want a 
12-point font, your edit area will ht: 12 
pixels tall. A character also has width, of 
course, which can vary enormously for a 
GEOS font between, let's say, a "w" and 
an "1," Ibis proportional spacing is one 
of GEOS's strong points, resulting in 
proiessional-looking output. 

However, the width of a letter or 
symbol must also include a bit of space 
to separate it from the character next 
to it. So, as you create your own fonts, 
you must add in this space, keeping in 
mind that various letters require dif- 
ferent amounts. The computer auto- 
matically handles the vertical spacing, 
or leading, between lines, so there's no 
need to leave space at the top or bottom 
of your fonts. 

Setting the Stage 

Before creating a new font, you must 

establish some guidelines for the desigti, 
.some rules for spacing and proportion 



I fiat you'll follow witli eacli character. 
Uniformit)' is essential if you want your 
letters to h)ok "right" when strung to- 
gether in words. 

First decide where to place the base- 
line. Each font has a baseline (estab- 
lished in geoFoiU with an arrow on the 
side oi the edit windovv) upon which al! 
the characters perch. You must be care- 
ful in placing ttie baseline, because you 
need enough room above it to create 
the bulk of each character and enough 
room below fiir the dcscendeis. An- 
other consideration is that the Under- 
line function in GEOS applications 
draws tin tlie baseline, so your charac- 
ters must sit one pixel above it to avoid 
being partially overwritten. 

When choosing your ba.seline, con- 
sider whether you want to create a tall 
font with small descenders, a luore 
evenly spaced set, with a baseline just 
below the mid-point of tlie characters, 
or perhaps a boiiom-lieavy style, with 
negligible ascenders. 

Next, you must make a few decisions 
about the style of your characters. Will 
they have serifs (caps on the tops and 
bottoius)? How rounded will your 
curves be? Will your "g" have a curved 
tail or a circle, <«■ something in between? 
Sketch a few examples. 

If you're copying a font you've found 
elsewhere, examine it closely. Now is 
the titne to plan the details because you 
want consistency— every ascender the 
same, every rounded letter following 
the same curve and matching angles on 
the "A" and "v." 

Finally, look at the number of pixels 
left between the baseline and the top of 
the font to decide the x-beight, v\hich 
is the height for the lowercase charac- 
ters. In geoi'ont, there's no convenient 
indicator for this so-called waistline, so 
make a note of the lowercase letters' 
lieight (in pixels) above the baseline. For 
my own 12-point font, I placed the base- 
line three pixels from the bottom of 
geoFont's grid, with fetters starting on 
the next pixel row up. Counting that 
point, I used an x-height of six. The 
ascenders and capital letters reach the 



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top of the Slid. I leave a single pixel 
open on tin.- left of euch character and 
none on the right, which results in a 
one-pixel space between each letter, 

A Bare-Bones Editor 

When yon begin using geoFont l(» de- 
sign characters, you'll find that the cre- 
ator of this utility certainly didn't have 
convenience in mind. There's no facility 
for placing guidelines to help locate the 
waistline or spadngs. The blank char- 
acter set that appears at the start of 
geoFont consists of a set of thin lines. 
You must erase each line and resize I he 
area before each letter or symbol can he 
drawn, in addition, the cursor sonie- 
Umes sticks while drawing or erasing, 
which results in a smear of filled pixels 
across the screen. 

Also unfortunate is the fact that there's 
no way to copy your pattern from one 
character to another— a technique that 
wt>uld allow for easy matching of curves, 
angles and enure letters. For example, 
"b" and "d" could be mirror images of 
each other if there were a horizontal 
mirror Fimttion, and "b" and "p" could 
be mirror images if vertical flipping 
were possible. 

Despite these lacks, the editor does 
work; with a little time and efTort, you'll 
have a brand new font. Remember that 
you'll also have to define all the punc- 
tuation symbols and numbers, as (veil 
as the space, which you can vary in size 
depending on the appearance you're 
seeking to achieve. 

It would be unrealistic 1o expect that 
all your design work would mesh per- 
fectly without a little tweak here and 
there. So, move your new font front the 
deskTop to where it's one of the first 
seven fonts on your geo Write disk; then 
create a file called Test. Next, switch to 
your font, type a paragraph or two, atid 
give it a long, hard look. If you like 
what you see, test it in boldface, italic 
and outline. {Do not, however, use these 
styles as a determining factor in any 
decisions regarding your font, because 
many perfectly respectable fonts can 
suffer drastically from these special ef- 
fects. Some foms adapt heller than oth- 
ers to certain styles.) 

Print out and examine what you've 
written. Are all your lowercase letters 
the same height? Is there an undesir- 
able gap between a particular letter and 
its neighbor? Do the spaces, parenthe- 
ses and brackets have enough room? If 
you find discrepancies, re-enter geo- 
Kont for touchups. Take your time and 



polish your font until you're sadsfied. 

Fun with Spaces 

By leaving one or more pixels open 
on the left side of each letter, there's a 
sp;ice between the printed characters, 
ffowever, some letters look better when 
you dmi't leave a space. For example, 
the up[)crcase "A" has an angled design 
that gives the illusion of space between 
it and its neighbors. The same is true 
for "V" and "W". On the other hand, 
the "I" and "i" can get a bit lost amid 



their huskier neighbors, so an extra 
space on the right might be in order. 
Again, let your exatnination of the 
printout be your guide. 

It is possible to force the coniputer 
to give your font extra leading between 
lines. The trick is to leave one or more 
])ixel rows open above the characters 
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A rTian's text adventure romp. . .The ot>- 
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car be COD or VISA, WC. Minimum 
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* PIR^ESI^ Is a cojjyrlohted product of MicroProao, Inc. 



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C-e4 Guitar Tutor C-12S 

• Learn to play the guitar at home at your own pace. 

• Learn chords, scales, songs, music theory and more. 

• All notes and finger positions are graphically displayed. 

• Play along with your computer as you would with an Instructor— 
but you control the tempo. 

• Setf-paced, interactive lessons make learning fun. 

SEND $29.95 (SPECIFY C-64 OR C-128) TO: 

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PO Box 63. Oak Creek. Wl 53154 



MONEY WORKS 

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Send for a free catalog. Hundreds of titles S9.99 

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86 RUN- NOVEMUER 1989 



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DEPT A 
BOX 67021 
TOPEKA, KS 66667 



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Class Ads 

RUM Class Ads were specifically de- 
signed to provide the effectiveness of 
display advertising at tJie cost of clas- 
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gives the Class Ad buyer the lowest 
cost available to reach RUN' 5 highly 
qualified circulation of exclusive 
Commodore 64 & 128 owners. 

Need help in designing your Class 
Ad, questions about rates, frequency 
or size? Call HEATHER PAQUETTE 
at 1-800-441-4403 or 603-924-9471. We 
accept checks, money orders, Master 
Card or VISA. 



RUIM^B Checksum 

T\TE IN ftt,'";V's CHECKSL'.M. which senes for both the Cfi4 
and for the C-128 iiv either -40- or SOCohimn moilc. and save 
it to disk before runninj;. When typing in a jiroj^riiiii from 
HUN, first load anti run /ft/iV's C checksum. Thf sticen will 
ilisplay A SV.S number lh;n cieaelivales and ri-aitivatc?; the 
Checksnm. Always disable RlhVs Checksum belore atlemjiting 
to run another pro^ani. Nole: Vt>u can abbreviEile Basic 
keyivords; spaces affect thechecksnin oidy wlien Mtbiii quotes; 
and the order of characters afi'ects the chccksuiti. 

With this new version, when yiiu press return after typing in 
a program line, a one-, two-, or three digit nutni>er from to 
2:")5 appears in the home position, If this niunher matches the 
checksum v.ihic in the program hsting, the line is correct. If 
the number lh:U appears ilitfiu't inaidi the cbecksunj value, 
compare the line with the maKa^ine hstin^ to find your error. 
Then move ihe cursor back u]) lo the fine and make your 
corrcction.s, Now, after you press return, the correct checksum 
value should appear. Continue emeringdie listing until all the 
lines have been correctly typed. Then deactivate RUN'S 
Checksum. U-sinj; the SYS number. Save the finished program. 

All the gra])hicsand control characters in the listings in RUN 
have t)een translated into umlerstandabte key combinations. 
They are the inslructions you see inside the curly braces. For 
example, {SIIIFI' J,} means you hold down the sbifi key while 
you press the [, key. You do nut type in the curly braces. Whal 
appears on the screen will IcMik ijuile diifereiu frtmi whal i,", 
designated inside the braces. 1 !crc are some more examples: 

{22 SP.-\CEs} — press the space bar 22 times 

{SHIFT CLR} — hold down the shift key and press the cir- 
home key 

{2 CRSR DNs}^prc55 the cmstirdowii key twice 

{tn'RL 1} — hold down the control key and press the 1 key 

{COMD T) — hold down the Commodore logo key and press 
the T key 

{FUNCT 1 1— press the Fl key 

{3 LB. s}— press the British pound key (ml #) live limes El 



Listing 1, RUfiPa Checksum program. This pragrHm is 
awallabia an fll/ATa BBS for uaora to download. 

10 REM RUN'S CHECKSUM 64/128 - BOB KODADEK 

20 MO=128:SA=3328:IF PEEK( 40960)TKEN MO=64:SA=4 

9152 
30 FOR 1=0TO169:READB:CK=CK+B:POKE SA+I,B:NEXT 
40 IFCKo 20651 THENPRINT"DATA ERROR!": END 
50 POKESA+1 10,2 40:POKESA+1 1 1 ,38:POKESA+l 40,234 
60 PRiNTCi!R$(147)STRI(MO)" RUK CHECKSUM" : PRINT 
70 PRINT"TO TOGGLE ON OR OFF, SVS"SA:IF M0=12B 

THEN 10^ 
80 POKESA+13,124:POKESA*15,165;POKESA+2 5,124:PO 

KESA+26,165 
90 POKESA+39,20:POKESA+41 ,21 : POKESA+1 23 , 205: POK 

ESA + 124,1B9 
100 POKESAt4,INT(SA/256>:SYS SA:NEW 
110 DATA 120,162,24,160,13,173,4,3,2(11,24,208,4 

,162,13,160,67,142,4,3,140 
120 DATA 5,3,88,96,32,13,67,152,72,169,0,141,0, 

255,133,176,133,180,166,22 
130 DATA 164,23,134,167,132,168,170,109,0,2,240 

,58,201 ,48,144,7,201 ,58,175 
140 DATA 3,232,208,240,189,0,2,240,42,201,32,20 

3,4,164,180,240,31 ,201 ,34 
150 DATA 208,6,165,180,73,1,133,180,230,176,164 

,176,165,167,24,125,0,2,133 
160 DATA 167,165,168,105,0,133,168,136,208,239, 

232,208,209,169,42,32,210 
170 DATA 255,165,167,69,168,170,169,0,32,50,142 

,169,32,32,210,255,32,210 
130 DATA 265,169,13,32,210,255,104,163,96,104,1 

70,24,32,240,255,104,168 
190 DATA 96,56,32,240,255,138,72,152,72,24,162, 

0,160,0,32,240,255,169 
200 DATA 42,208,198 



NOVEMBER 1989 RUN 87 



december 

Coming 
Attractions 



In Search of 
Productivity Software- 

Art' you tired ofganu's and 
looking to periiirtti more mean- 
ingful tasks on your C-64 and 
C-128? Take a journey with us 
on the first part of an exciting 
expedition to discover software 
fijr word professing, database 
management, sjj read sheet caleu- 
laiions and other procluaiviiy 
applications. 



And the Winners Are- 

Next month we reveal the vot- 
ing results in RlX's annual 
reader choice awatds. Vou'll 
liiid out which ^'arne programs 
have heen ratetl the liivorites 
among RUM readers during this 
past year— and who won all that 
great gaming software. 



Graphmaker- 

Oreate exciting three-dimen- 
sional bar graphs with this C-64 
and C-128 program that dis- 
plays chunks of data in an at- 
tractive and informative format. 



High-Speed Loaoer- 

With this ()4 program, you'll be 
able to load program files with 
the 1571 and laSl disk drives 
up to ten times taster. 

SEASON'S GREETINGS- 

In keeping with (he spuii ofihe 
season, RUi\' will also publish a 
program that depicts a festive 
scene and plays holiday tunes 
and carols. Fa-la-la- la-laaa, 
ta-la-la-la! 



List of Advertisers 

(603) 924-7138 or (800) 441-4403 

NAIIONAI. ADVERTlSiNt; .SAl.tS Manaokr; Ken Blakeman 

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W'EsrKKN S rAIKS Salus ManaokR: Giorgio Sai.uti, (415) 328-3470 



Reader Service Page 

33 AImicus Software 45 

7 Access Software ,,,.,... 47 

18 ActivLsion 19 

71 Aiiijific Systems, Inc 72 

138 tJerkelcy Soltworb 2, 3 

* Brantfoid educational Serv, . 84 

34 C-ycO.VI L'SA Inc CIV 

22 C^PCO.M L'SA Inc. . 13 

33 C^PCOM USA Inc. 17 

19 Q\I'COM USA Inc 15 

* Cotntnndorc business Machines 43 

* Computer ncr<H'A 52 

30 Computer Shop^jc of.-Vlahainu. ..,.., H4 

166 Crcilive Micro Design 11 

3 F,k-t[rt>iiit Arts .Clll 

138 EiiKtiiiiiiiiiciU On-Llne 48 

* ICR Kiitiirc Soft 53-56 

227 Konami, Inc , 4 

66 !jj;idst;ir , . . , 1 

* L)'co Computer , , , 32 

67 Medalist Ini'l 25 

38 Micro Ctilw Corp 72 

135 Micro ('rose Software , 22 

68 Micro I'lose Software , . , . . 23 

103 Micro Prose Software CI I 



Reader Service ^NE^ 

49 Miiidwiipe. Itvc 30, 31 

• Montgomery (Jrant 49 

• NRI SclicK>l5 33 

23!) Origiti Syslettis 29 

221 P.A.V.y. Software 84 

15 Proiectos CompiHcr Direct 62, 63 

232 Ramco Computer Printer 61 

• RUN 

Class Ads 86-87 

55 Scorpion Software 18 

133 Sir-Tecli Soliwarc, Inc. 41 

24.1 Software Discou uteri , . ,20, 21 

84 Software Kxciicmeni 57 

17 Software Sopport Int'l . 76, 77, 79 

62 SOGVV.\I' Software 52 

• Strategic Simulations 27 

87 Sublogic Corp 14 

3! 'lektonics Plus, Inc. ...,.,,,.,,,, 61 

155 Tenex Couipiitrr Express. ......... 83 

236 TTie Soft Group . 68 

146 Timeworks, Inc , 9 

187 Utilities Uuliiniled 71 

24! Virgin Maslcrtrunics Im'l. 7 

SI VSl , , . , , 82 



For funher iiifdrruaiion frcjin our advcntscrs, drde the ccrrciponding Reader 5cnice tiumber on ihe adjoining card, 
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RUN RLBKT: X-i a service loits readers, Rl'X will periodicall) publish the names of 
coinpaiiies who are havirrg diBBculties meeting their customer obligations or who have gone 
out of btisiticii. Readers are advised to contact Susan Maizel, Customer Service Represent- 
ative, RUN Magazine, 80 Elm St. , Pteterbo rough, NH 03458, before dealing with tliese 
compairies; S&S Wholesalers, Computned, Pro-Tech-Tronics, While House Computer, 
Prism Software (Waco, Texas), Underware, Starflite and Scott Case (Kingspejrt, TN). 



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Dennis S. Chhjstensen 

Sisci.t. CopvSALfis DiRrcroR Linda Rtmi 
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